Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Khalkhal, Iran
City in Ardabil province, Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Khalkhal (Persian: خلخال)[a] is a city in the Central District of Khalkhal County, Ardabil province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[5]
.jpg){kind=small}
Remove ads
Demographics
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 38,521 in 9,619 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 41,165 people in 11,213 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 39,304 people in 11,501 households.[3]
Etymology and history
According to Vladimir Minorsky, the name Khalkhāl may indicate a connection with the ancient Kharkhar kingdom, which existed somewhere in the eastern Zagros Mountains in Neo-Assyrian times.[8]: 62
The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi listed Khalkhal in his Nuzhat al-Qulub as forming part of the tuman of Ardabil.[9] He described it as "formerly a fair-sized town" that had declined to a mere village by his time.[9] He wrote that Khalkhal had succeeded the earlier city of Firuzabad as the capital of its province after Firuzabad itself had declined.[9] Mustawfi wrote that the Khalkhal province comprised about 100 villages and had four districts: Khāmidah-Bīl, Sajasrūd, Anjīlābād, and Mīsjīn.[9] It was assessed for a tax value of 30,000 dinars.[9] Water from a spring on a nearby mountain powered two watermills, which provided enough irrigation for the surrounding fields.[9] Mustawfi said its pastures were "excellent" and hunting grounds were "numerous and well-stocked with game" and wrote that the district was known for producing yogurt (māst) that was "so thick it has to be cut with a knife, as though it were cheese".[9]
Remove ads
See also
Media related to Khalkhal at Wikimedia Commons
Notes
- Also romanized as Khalkhāl; formerly and locally known as Herowabad (هروآباد) and Hirow (Azerbaijani: هیرو)[4]
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads