Saqqez (Persian: سقز); (English: /sæɡɛz/sa-ghez; Persian pronunciation:[sæɣˈɣez])[a] is a city in the Central District of Saqqez County, Kurdistan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 131,349 in 31,336 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 139,738 people in 37,262 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 165,258 people in 48,488 households.[2]
. Most of the people in this city are Kurdish who speak the Kurdish language.[7]
^OpenStreetMap contributors (20 August 2023). "Saqqez, Saqqez County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
^ ab"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 12. Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^Saqqez can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3082379" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Kurdistan province, centered in the city of Sanandaj". Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
^"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 12. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 12. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^Movahed, Ali; Mostafavi, Soran (March 2014). "Explaining the pattern of spatial –physical expansion of Saqqez from sustainable urban perspective" (PDF). Urban Structure and Function Studies. 2 (5): 55–75.
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