Sain Qaleh
Sain Qaleh
Persian: صائين قلعه | |
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City | |
Sain Qaleh is located in Iran Sain Qaleh Sain Qaleh | |
| Coordinates: 36°18′16′′N 49°04′20′′E / 36.30444°N 49.07222°E / 36.30444; 49.07222 [1] [2] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Zanjan |
| County | Abhar |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 12,989 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Sain Qaleh (Persian: صائين قلعه)[a] is a city in the Central District of Abhar County, Zanjan province, Iran.[5]
Demographics
[edit ]Population
[edit ]At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 11,083 in 2,896 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 11,939 people in 3,470 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 12,989 people in 4,048 households.[3]
In literature
[edit ]The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi mentioned Sa'in Qal'eh in his Nuzhat al-Qulub : he referred to "the village called Quhūd, which the Mongols call Sāin Qal'ah, and which is the chief of all those neighboring hamlets".[8] He also wrote that it was close to the castle of Sarjahan.[8]
Notable people
[edit ]- Ibrahim al-Musawi al-Zanjani (1925–1999), Islamic scholar and writer.
See also
[edit ]flag Iran portal
Notes
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (12 September 2024). "Sain Qaleh City, Abhar Central District, Abhar County, Zanjan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ "833C+QVH Sain Qaleh, Zanjan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps . Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان زنجان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Zanjan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ Sain Qaleh can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3081938" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ Habibi, Hassan (2 August 1997) [تاریخ: 1376年5月11日 (Date: 1376年5月11日) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تغییرات تقسیمات کشوری در استانهای گیلان و مازندران [Changes in national divisions in Gilan and Mazandaran provinces]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره 1.4.42.5543 [Proposal No. 1.4.42.5543]. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان زنجان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Zanjan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان زنجان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Zanjan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
- ^ a b Hamdallah Mustawfi (1919). Le Strange, Guy (ed.). The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub. p. 69. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
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