Shahmirzad

Shahmirzad (Persian: شهميرزاد, Native Name شامرزا)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Shahmirzad District of Mehdishahr County, Semnan province, Iran. It is in the northern part of the country and on the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains.

For the administrative division, see Shahmirzad District.

Shahmirzad
Persian: شامرزا
City
Shahmirzad, The Bala Sheikhi Neighborhood
Shahmirzad, The Bala Sheikhi Neighborhood
Shahmirzad is located in Iran
Shahmirzad
Shahmirzad
Coordinates: 35°46′09″N 53°20′10″E[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceSemnan
CountyMehdishahr
DistrictShahmirzad
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total11,191
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the 2006 census, its population was 7,273 in 1,860 households, when it was in the former Mehdishahr District of Semnan County).[4] The following census in 2011 counted 8,882 people in 2,625 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county to establish Mehdishahr County.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 11,191 people in 3,789 households.[2] During the Summers, the city's population rises to up to 40,000 people, as tourists visit the city for its cool climate and popular gardens.

Shahmirzad has been home to people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, a large group of whom seasonally settled in cities and towns of Mazandaran, such as Babol, Sari, Neka, and Behshahr. During the past decades many Muslim, Bahá'í, and Shahmirzadi Jews,[6] migrated to larger cities in Iran and abroad, most notably San Francisco Bay Area.

Shahmirzadi language (شامرزایی), is a Caspian language close to Mazandarani .[7]

Shahmirzad's walnut orchard with a size of 700 ha is noted by the UN, Food and Agriculture Organization, as the largest of its kind in the world.[8] Shahmirzadi homeowners are given a proprietary interest in the walnut orchard in proportion to the amount of land they own in the village. Shahmirzad also produces mineral water "Tenab Shahmirzad".[9][10]

Notable people

References
  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (24 April 2023). "Shahmirzad, Mehdishahr County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 20. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. 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".
  4. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 20. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 20. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. Kirmānshāhchī, Ḥishmat Allāh. Taḥavvulāt-i ijtimāʻī-i Yahūdiyān-i Īrān dar qarn-i bīstum. Los Angeles, CA: Shirkat-i Kitāb, 2007. Print
  7. Ethnologue report for language code:srz
  8. Iran Daily Archived 2007-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Tenab Shahmirzad, Iran - Water from all over the World Archived 2006-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "History (Farsi)". Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2009.
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