Alamut-e Gharbi District
District in Qazvin province, Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alamut-e Gharbi District (Persian: بخش الموت غربی)[lower-alpha 1] is in Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Razmian.[3]
Alamut-e Gharbi District
Persian: بخش الموت غربی | |
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Coordinates: 36°31′05″N 50°09′12″E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Qazvin |
County | Qazvin |
Capital | Razmian |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 20,896 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 16,255 in 4,667 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 15,056 people in 4,953 households.[5] At the latest census in 2016, the district had 20,896 inhabitants in 7,272 households.[2]
According to some sources, the majority of people in northern Qazvin (Alamut) are Tats who speak a dialect of the Tati language.[6][7][8][9][10][11] However, other sources claim that the majority of people in Alamut are Mazanderani[12] or Gilaks who speak a dialect of the Mazanderani language or Gilaki language.[13][14]
According to some linguists, the term ‘Tati’ was used by Turkic speakers to refer to non-turkic speakers.[15][16][17] This could explain why some sources claim the people of Alamut are Tats, while others claim they are Mazanderanies or Gilaks. Likely, the ‘Tats’ of Alamut are Mazanderani[18] or Gilak speakers who have been labeled as Tats as historically they were considered Mazanderani or Gilaks.[19][20][14]
Administrative Divisions | 2006[4] | 2011[5] | 2016[2] |
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Dastjerd RD | 1,611 | 1,881 | 2,704 |
Rudbar-e Mohammad-e Zamani RD | 7,622 | 6,710 | 9,355 |
Rudbar-e Shahrestan RD | 6,057 | 5,301 | 7,584 |
Razmian (city) | 965 | 1,164 | 1,253 |
Total | 16,255 | 15,056 | 20,896 |
RD = Rural District |