Tālesh

For the administrative division of Gilan province, see Talesh County.

Tālesh (Persian: تالش)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Talesh County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4]

Tālesh Persian: تالش
City
Tālesh
Coordinates: 37°47′51″N 48°54′15″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Gilan
County	Talesh
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	54,178
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Language

The Iranian dialect of Tālesh is a dialect of Talysh language.^[5] The Iranian disability activist and artist Mitra Farazandeh was born in this town.^[6]

Linguistic composition of the city.^[7]

Tālesh linguistic composition language percent Talysh   45% Azerbaijani   30% New Persian   20% Northern Kurdish   5%

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 41,486 in 10,688 households.^[8] The following census in 2011 counted 52,344 people in 14,984 households.^[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 54,178 people in 16,832 households.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Talesh; also known as Hashpar, Hashtpar, and Hashtpar-e Tavalesh^[3]