Siadehan or Siaden (Tati: سیادن, Siyâden), also known as Takestan (Persian: تاكستانTâkestân),[2] is a city and capital of Takestan County, in Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2011 census its population was 120,907. Takestan has a railway station on the Teheran-Tabriz line. The name Takestan literally means "vineyard".
Village Siadeh (Takestan) by Eugène Flandin in 1840
People
Most of the population of Takestan belong to the Tat ethnic group[3] and Azerbaijanis. Takestan is the largest Tat-populated city in the world.[4][5][6][7]
Historical sites
Pir Mausoleum: The Pir mausoleum, alternatively known as Pir-e Takestan and Imamzadeh Pir, is a small, domed building dating from the Seljuq-era 11th century and has since been restored. Only little of the original ornamental decorations remains.
Takestan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3086741" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
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.
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