Asalem () is a city in, and the capital of,
Asalem District of
Talesh County
Talesh County () is in Gilan province, in northwestern Iran. Its capital is the city of Tālesh (also known as Hashtpar).
History
The Talysh peoples are, as archaeological studies show, one of the oldest inhabitants of the western littor ...
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Gilan
Gilan Province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, in the northwest of the country and southwest of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Rasht. The province lies along the Caspian Sea, in Iran's Region 3, west of the province of ...
province, in northwestern
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
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The city also serves as the administrative center for
Asalem Rural District.
Demographics
Language
The Asalemi dialect is a variety of
Talysh
Talysh may refer to:
*Talysh people, an ethnic group of Iran and Azerbaijan
**Talysh language, the West Iranian language of these people
** Talysh, a historical region on the southwestern coast of the Caspian Sea, inhabited by the Talysh people
*T ...
[Asatrian, G. and H. Borjian, 2005. Talish: people and language: The state of research. ''Iran and the Caucasus'' 9/1, p 43-72] Linguistic composition of the city.
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,347 in 827 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 10,040 people in 2,809 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 10,720 people in 3,271 households.
See also
Notes
References
Cities in Gilan province
Populated places in Talesh County
Talysh settlements in Gilan province
Gilak settlements in Gilan province
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