Sain Qaleh

For the administrative division, see Sain Qaleh Rural District. For the city in West Azerbaijan province formerly known as Sain Qaleh, see Shahin Dezh.

Sain Qaleh (Persian: صائين قلعه)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Abhar County, Zanjan province, Iran.^[5]

Sain Qaleh Persian: صائين قلعه
City
Sain Qaleh
Coordinates: 36°18′16″N 49°04′20″E[1][2]
Country	Iran
Province	Zanjan
County	Abhar
District	Central
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	12,989
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 11,083 in 2,896 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 11,939 people in 3,470 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 12,989 people in 4,048 households.^[3]

In literature

The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi mentioned Sa'in Qal'eh in his Nuzhat al-Qulub: he referred to "the village called Quhūd, which the Mongols call Sāin Qal'ah, and which is the chief of all those neighboring hamlets".^[8] He also wrote that it was close to the castle of Sarjahan.^[8]

Notable people

• Ibrahim al-Musawi al-Zanjani (1925–1999), Islamic scholar and writer.

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Şā’īn Qal‘eh; also known as Khorosan and Sain-Kalekh^[4]