Shahmirzad
Shahmirzad
Persian: شهميرزاد | |
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City | |
 Shahmirzad, The Bala Sheikhi Neighborhood | |
  Shahmirzad | |
| Coordinates: 35°46′12″N 53°20′01″E / 35.77000°N 53.33361°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Semnan |
| County | Mehdishahr |
| District | Shahmirzad |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 11,191 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Shahmirzad (Persian: شهميرزاد)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Shahmirzad District of Mehdishahr County, Semnan province, Iran.[4] It is in the northern part of the country and on the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains.
Demographics
[edit]Language
[edit]The Shahmirzadi language (شامرزایی) is a Caspian language close to Mazandarani.[5]
Population
[edit]At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 7,273 in 1,860 households, when it was in the former Mehdishahr District of Semnan County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 8,882 people in 2,625 households,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Mehdishahr County. Shahmirzad was transferred to the new Shahmirzad District.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 11,191 people in 3,789 households.[2] During the summer, the city's population approaches 40,000 as tourists come for its cool climate and popular gardens.[citation needed]
Overview
[edit]Shahmirzad has been home to people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, a large group of whom seasonally settled in cities and towns of Mazandaran, such as Babol, Sari, Neka, and Behshahr. During the past decades many Muslim, Bahá'í, and Shahmirzadi Jews,[8] migrated to larger cities in Iran and abroad, most notably San Francisco Bay Area.
Shahmirzad's walnut orchard with a size of 700 ha is noted by the UN, Food and Agriculture Organization, as the largest of its kind in the world.[9] Shahmirzadi homeowners are given a proprietary interest in the walnut orchard in proportion to the amount of land they own in the village. Shahmirzad also produces mineral water "Tenab Shahmirzad".[10][11]
Notable people
[edit]- Zabihollah Safa, Iran scholar and professor at the University of Tehran (d. 1999)
- Hají Ákhúnd, Apostle of Baháʼu'lláh, Hand of the Cause in the Bahá’í Faith
See also
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (7 January 2025). "Shahmirzad, Mehdishahr County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ a b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Semnan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Shahmirzad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3084064" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ a b Davodi, Parviz (c. 2024) [Approved 29 July 1386]. Approval letter regarding the reforms of national divisions in Semnan province. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 93023/42/1/4/1; Letter 58538/T26118H; Notification 160036/T38028K. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 2 January 2024 – via Lam ta Kam.
- ^ Ethnologue report for language code:srz
- ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Semnan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Semnan Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
- ^ Kirmānshāhchī, Ḥishmat Allāh. Taḥavvulāt-i ijtimāʻī-i Yahūdiyān-i Īrān dar qarn-i bīstum. Los Angeles, CA: Shirkat-i Kitāb, 2007. Print
- ^ Iran Daily Archived 2007-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tenab Shahmirzad, Iran - Water from all over the World Archived 2006-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "History (Farsi)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
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