Takestan County

Takestan County (Persian: شهرستان تاکستان‎ Šahrestân-e Tâkestân) is a county in Qazvin Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Takestan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 171,520, in 42,969 families.[1] The county has four districts: Esfarvarin District, Khorramdasht District, Ziaabad District, and the Central District. The county has five cities: Takestan, Esfarvarin, Khorramdasht, Narjeh, and Ziaabad. Most people of Takestan County are Azerbaijani and Tat and they speak Azeri turkish and Tati.[2][3][4][5]

Takestan شهرستان تاکستان
County
Counties of Qazvin Province
Location of Qazvin Province in Iran
Coordinates: 36°00′N 49°33′E
Country	Iran
Province	Qazvin Province
Capital	Takestan
Bakhsh (Districts)	Central District, Esfarvarin District, Khorramdasht District, Ziaabad District
Population  (2006)
• Total	171,520
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)
Takestan County at GEOnet Names Server

References

1. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
2. The Tati dialects in the Sociolinguistic Context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia, Stilo, D. 1981: In: Iranian Studies 14.3/4, 137-187.
3. A Grammar of Southern Tati Dialects, Ehsan Yar-Shater, 1969.
4. Tats of Iran and Caucasus, Ali Abdoli, 2010.

• اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران [Atlas Gitashenasi Ostanhai Iran] (Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran)