Eshtehard

For the administrative subdivision, see Eshtehard District.
Eshtehard
öštârda
city

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Eshtehard
Coordinates: 35°43′32″N 50°21′58″E / 35.72556°N 50.36611°E / 35.72556; 50.36611Coordinates: 35°43′32″N 50°21′58″E / 35.72556°N 50.36611°E / 35.72556; 50.36611
Country  Iran
Province Alborz
County Eshtehard
Bakhsh Eshtehard
Population (2013)
  Total 25,000[1]
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
  Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Eshtehard (Persian: اشتهارد) (Tati: اشتارده, öštârda) is a city in and the capital of Eshtehard District, in Karaj County, Alborz Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 16,988, in 4,813 families.[2]

People of Eshtehard belong to the Tat ethnic group and they speak the Tati language.[3][4][5]

References

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Eshtehard.
  1. Alborz,.
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
  3. Stilo, Donald L. (2 January 2007). "The Tati language group in the sociolinguistic context of Northwestern Iran and Transcaucasia". Iranian Studies. 14 (3-4): 137–187. doi:10.1080/00210868108701585.
  4. Yar-Shater, Ehsan (1969). A grammar of southern Tati dialects. Mouton.
  5. Tats of Iran and Caucasus, Ali Abdoli, 2010.



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