Pishva

For the administrative divisions, see Pishva County and Pishva Rural District.

Pishva (Persian: پيشوا)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Pishva County, Tehran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county^[5] and the district.

Pishva Persian: پيشوا
City
The city of Pishva
Pishva
Coordinates: 35°18′24″N 51°43′14″E[1][2]
Country	Iran
Province	Tehran
County	Pishva
District	Central
Elevation	937 m (3,074 ft)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	59,184
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Historical Population of Pishva

Year	Pop.	±%
1986	17,283	—
1996	29,884	+72.9%
2006	41,450	+38.7%
2011	47,253	+14.0%
2016	59,184	+25.2%
[citation needed]

Language and ethnicity

The residents of Pishva are mainly Persian-speaking Shias and are predominantly descendants of the original residents of the Tehran and Ray area. Members of the Joneidi clan are the most prominent residents of the city. In Persian the word Pishva means Imam and leader and refers to the mausoleum of Imamzadeh Ja'far, who is considered the son of the seventh Shi'ite Imam, Imam Mousa Al-Kazim.^{[citation needed]}

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 41,480 in 10,734 households,^[6] when it was capital of the former Pishva District of Varamin County.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 47,253 people in 13,352 households,^[8] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Pishva County. Pishva was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.^[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 59,184 people in 18,054 households.^[3]

See also

Media related to Pishva at Wikimedia Commons

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Notes

1. Also romanized as Pīshvā; also known as Emāmzādeh Ja‘far, Pīchvā, Pīshvah, Pīshyān,^[4] and Samenat^{[citation needed]}