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Tālesh

Tālesh is a city in the Central District of Talesh County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

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Tālesh
Persian: تالش
City
Hashtpar
Sardar Amjad Palace
Lisar
Asalam
Talesh Road
Tālesh
Coordinates: 37°47′51″N 48°54′15″E / 37.79750°N 48.90417°E / 37.79750; 48.9041712
CountryIran
ProvinceGilan
CountyTalesh
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)3
 • Total
54,178
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Tālesh (Persian: تالش)a is a city in the Central District of Talesh County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.5

Demographics

Language

The Iranian dialect of Tālesh is a dialect of Talysh language.6 The Iranian disability activist and artist Mitra Farazandeh was born in this town.7

Linguistic composition of the city.8

Tālesh linguistic composition
language percent
Talysh
 
 45%
Azerbaijani
 
 30%
New Persian
 
 20%
Northern Kurdish
 
 5%

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 41,486 in 10,688 households.9 The following census in 2011 counted 52,344 people in 14,984 households.10 The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 54,178 people in 16,832 households.3

See also

See also

Iran portal

Notes

Notes

  1. Also romanized as Talesh; also known as Hashpar, Hashtpar, and Hashtpar-e Tavalesh4
References

References

  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (15 October 2024). "شهرک مخابرات, دهنه سیاه درون, دهستان طولارود, بخش مرکزی شهرستان طوالش [Telecommunications Town, Dahaneh Siah Darun, Tula Rud Rural District, Central District of Talesh County], Talesh County, Gilan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  2. "QWW3+XMV Hashtpar, Gilan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  3. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. Tālesh at GEOnet Names Server
  5. Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان گیلان به مرکزیت شهر رشت [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Gilan province centered on the city of Rasht]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 975475A9-5706-45C0-82E2-1A579CFF751D. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 6 November 2025. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  6. Asatrian, Garnik and Habib Borjian, 2005. Talish: people and language: The state of research. Iran and the Caucasus 9/1, p 43-72
  7. "100 Women: 'Disabled women have sexual needs too'". BBC News. 9 December 2017. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  8. "Language distribution: Gilan Province". Iran Atlas. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  9. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  10. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Gilan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.