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]
At the 2006 census, its population was 43,702 in 10,078 households.[10] The following census in 2011 counted 44,040 people in 11,749 households.[11] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 49,677 people in 14,369 households.[3]
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.[12] The Karaftu Cave is also situated in Takab near Saqqez.
^OpenStreetMap contributors (19 February 2024). "Takab, Takab County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^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."
^ ab"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 August 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^نگاهی به تاریخ و جغرافیای میاندوآب و تکاب و شاهیندژ (in Persian). ج. محبوبی. 1991.
^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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^"کوژراوێک و سێ بریندار بە هۆی ڕووداوی هاتووچۆ لە تیکاب". Rojikurd (in Kurdish). 8 September 2017.
^Habibi, Hassan (24 September 1369). "Creation and establishment of two cities and several districts and annexation of several villages to Urmia city". Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 04. 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. 04. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^Mohammadi,A (1997). History of Takab Afshar. Tehran: Eman press, Khorshidi: 1376.
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