Takab

For the administrative division of West Azerbaijan province, see Takab County. For other places with the same name, see Takab.

Takab
Persian: تكاب
Kurdish: Tîkab
Azerbaijani: تیکان‌تپه
City
Takab is located in Iran
Takab
Takab
Coordinates: 36°24′03″N 47°06′39″E / 36.40083°N 47.11083°E / 36.40083; 47.11083[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceWest Azerbaijan
CountyTakab
DistrictCentral
Government
 • Governor (acting)Mahmud Zamani[2]
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total49,677
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Takab (Persian: تكاب)[4][a] is a city in the Central District of Takab County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[9]

The famous historical complex Takht-e Soleyman is situated to the North-East of the city. Takht-e-Soleyman was one of Takab's oldest Zoroastrian fire temples during the Sassanid Dynasty and had the name Azargoshnasp.[10] The Karaftu Cave is also situated in Takab near Saqqez.

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (28 September 2024). "Takab, Takab County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  2. ^ Burns, Robert (8 October 2016). "U.S.: Several Russian cruise missiles landed in Iran". Military Times. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. An earlier report by Fars on Wednesday quoted Iraj Saghafi, acting governor of Takab in northwestern Iran, saying an explosion heard in the region was "possibly related to work in a nearby rock quarry."
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 West Azerbaijan Province was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ نگاهی به تاریخ و جغرافیای میاندوآب و تکاب و شاهین‌دژ (in Persian). ج. محبوبی. 1991.
  5. ^ Takab can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3086724" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
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  8. ^ "کوژراوێک و سێ بریندار بە هۆی ڕووداوی هاتووچۆ لە تیکاب". Rojikurd (in Kurdish). 8 September 2017.
  9. ^ Habibi, Hassan (13 December 2005) [Approved 24 September 1369]. Creation and establishment of two counties and several districts and annexation of several villages to Urmia County. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 11490.1.4.42; Notification 113478/T188K. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2023 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users.
  10. ^ Mohammadi,A (1997). History of Takab Afshar. Tehran: Eman press, Khorshidi: 1376.


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