Shahmirzad
Shahmirzad
Persian: شهميرزاد | |
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City | |
The Bala Sheikhi neighborhood in the city of Shahmirzad | |
Shahmirzad | |
| Coordinates: 35°46′12″N 53°20′01″E / 35.77000°N 53.33361°E[1][2] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Semnan |
| County | Mehdishahr |
| District | Shahmirzad |
| Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 11,191 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| Website | https://www.shahmirzad.city/En |
Shahmirzad (Persian: شهميرزاد)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Shahmirzad District[5] in Mehdishahr County, Semnan province, Iran. Shahmirzad is in the northern part of the country and on the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains.
Demographics
Language
The Shahmirzadi language (شامرزایی) is a Caspian language close to Mazandarani.[6]
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 7,273 in 1,860 households, when it was in the former Mehdishahr District of Semnan County.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 8,882 people in 2,625 households,[8] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Mehdishahr County. Shahmirzad was transferred to the new Shahmirzad District.[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 11,191 people in 3,789 households.[3] During the summer, the city's population approaches 40,000 as tourists come for its cool climate and popular gardens.
Overview
Shahmirzad has been home to people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, a large group of whom seasonally settled in cities and towns of Mazandaran province, such as Babol, Sari, Neka, and Behshahr. During the past decades many Muslim, Bahá'í, and Shahmirzadi Jews,[9] migrated to larger cities in Iran and abroad, most notably the San Francisco Bay Area.
Shahmirzad's walnut orchard, with a size of 700 ha, is noted by the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization as the largest of its kind in the world.[10] Shahmirzadi homeowners are given a proprietary interest in the walnut orchard in proportion to the amount of land they own in the city. Shahmirzad also produces the mineral water called "Tenab-e Shahmirzad."[11][12]
Notable people
- Zabihollah Safa, Iran scholar and professor at the University of Tehran (d. 1999)
- Hají Ákhúnd, Apostle of Baháʼu'lláh, Hand of the Cause in the Bahá’í Faith
See also
Notes
References
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (7 January 2025). "Valiasr Square, Shahmirzad Town, بخش شهمیرزاد [Shahmirzad District], Mehdishahr County, Semnan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ "Q89M+XCX Shahmirzad, Semnan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان سمنان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Semnan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Shahmirzad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3084064" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ a b Davoodi, Parviz (9 December 2007) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1386/09/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه درخصوص اصلاحات تقسیمات کشوری در استان سمنان [Approval regarding the reforms of national divisions in Semnan province]. 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] 5B5D84AC-D66D-497B-A9BD-AA6DBDEFA34B. Archived from the original on 2 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2026.
- ^ Ethnologue report for language code:srz
- ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان سمنان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Semnan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان سمنان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Semnan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Kirmānshāhchī, Ḥishmat Allāh. Taḥavvulāt-i ijtimāʻī-i Yahūdiyān-i Īrān dar qarn-i bīstum. Los Angeles, CA: Shirkat-i Kitāb, 2007. Print
- ^ Iran Daily Archived 2007-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tenab Shahmirzad, Iran - Water from all over the World Archived 2006-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "History (Farsi)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2009.