Rabat () is a city in, and the capital of,

Rabat District Rabat District () is in Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Rabat, whose population at the 2016 National Census was 15,750 people in 4,030 households. History After the 2016 National Census, the villa ...

Sardasht County Sardasht County () is in West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Sardasht. History After the 2016 National Census, the village of Nalas was elevated to the status of a city. In 2022, Bask-e Kuleseh and Gavork-e Sarda ...

West Azerbaijan West Azerbaijan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, provinces of Iran, whose capital and largest city is Urmia. It is in the Azerbaijan (Iran), northwest of the country, bordered by Turkey (Ağrı Province, Ağrı, Hakkâri Pr ...

province,

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 ...

, in the northeastern portion of the county. It served as the administrative center for

Gavork-e Sardasht Rural District Gavork-e Sardasht Rural District () is in Rabat District of Sardasht County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. Its capital is the village of Si Sar. The rural district was previously administered from the city of Rabat Rabat (, also , ; ) ...

until its capital was transferred to the village of Si Sar. Rabat is on the road between Sardasht and

Mahabad Mahabad () is a city in the Central District of Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Etymology Mahabad first became the name of the city after World War I, during the ...

Demographics

Language

The majority of the people of Rabat are ethnic

Kurds Kurds (), or the Kurdish people, are an Iranian peoples, Iranic ethnic group from West Asia. They are indigenous to Kurdistan, which is a geographic region spanning southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Iraq, and northeastern Syri ...

who speak the

Mokryan Mukriyan () or 'Deryaz' was a Kurdish principality from the late 14th century to the 19th century centered around Mahabad. Mukriyan was a neighbor to the Emirate of Bradost. Geography and tribes Mukriyan encompassed the area south of Lake Urm ...

accent of

Kurdish Kurdish may refer to: *Kurds or Kurdish people *Kurdish language ** Northern Kurdish (Kurmanji) **Central Kurdish (Sorani) **Southern Kurdish ** Laki Kurdish *Kurdish alphabets *Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes: **Southern ...

as one of their main languages alongside

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 7,987 in 1,607 households, when it was in the Central District. The following census in 2011 counted 12,068 people in 2,965 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 15,750 people in 4,030 households. In 2022, the city was separated from the district in the formation of Rabat District.

Historical monuments

Rabat city has historical monuments dating back to ancient Iranian dynasties, such as the

Musasir Muṣaṣir (Assyrian cuneiform: and variants, including Mutsatsir, Akkadian for ''Exit of the Serpent/Snake''), in Urartian Ardini was an ancient city of Urartu, attested in Assyrian sources of the 9th and 8th centuries BC. It was acquired b ...

temple, which dates back to the era of the

Iranian Iranian () may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Iran ** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran ** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia ** Iranian cuisine, cooking traditions and practic ...

Medes The Medes were an Iron Age Iranian peoples, Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media (region), Media between western Iran, western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the m ...

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