Sowme'eh Sara

Sowme'eh Sara
Persian: صومعه سرا
City
Sowme'eh Sara
Coordinates: 37°18′00″N 49°18′51″E / 37.30000°N 49.31417°E / 37.30000; 49.31417[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceGilan
CountySowme'eh Sara
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total
47,083
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Sowme'eh Sara (Persian: صومعه‌سرا)[a] is a city in the Central District of Sowme'eh Sara County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[5] The city is on the south coast of the Caspian Sea, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Rasht.

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

The people of Sowme'eh Sara are mostly Gilaks and speak the Sowme'eh Sarai variety of Western Gilaki.[6][7][8][9] [10] [11]

Linguistic composition of the city.[12]

Sowme'eh Sara linguistic composition
language percent
New Persian
70%
Gilaki
25%
Azerbaijani
5%

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 36,522 in 10,070 households.[13] The following census in 2011 counted 40,978 people in 12,325 households.[14] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 47,083 people in 15,331 households.[3]

Agriculture

Rice has been cultivated in this region for many years, where some indigenous cultivars (landrace) were conventionally bred by farmers.[15]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

  1. ^ Also romanized as Şowma‘eh Sarā, Şowme‘eh Sarā, Sumasara, Şūme‘eh Sarā, and Sumehsara; also known as Somee Sara; Gilaki: سۊماسرا[4]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (15 October 2024). "خاکیان, دهستان کسماء, بخش مرکزی [Khakian, Kasma Rural District, Central District], Sowme'eh Sara County, Gilan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  2. ^ "78X7+XMV Someh Sara, Gilan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
  3. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Sowme'eh Sara can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3086328" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  5. ^ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369/06/21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان گیلان به مرکزیت شهر رشت [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Gilan province centered on the city of Rasht]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 975475A9-5706-45C0-82E2-1A579CFF751D. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 6 November 2025. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
  6. ^ Jahangiri, Dr. Nader. گویش گیلکی لاهیجان [Lahijani Dialect of Gilaki] (in Persian). Iran: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
  7. ^ Resaei, Ayoub (2006). "گویش گیلکی فومنات". Fumanat's Dialect of Gilaki (in Persian). Iran: Allameh Tabataba'i University: 65.
  8. ^ Sotoudeh, Manouchehr (1953). فرهنگ گیلکی [Gilaki Culture] (in Persian and Gilaki). Iran: فرهنگ ایلیا. pp. 17, 18.
  9. ^ Shokri, Giti (2006). گویش رامسری [Ramsari Dialect] (in Persian). Iran: پژوهشگاه علوم انسانی و مطالعات فرهنگی. p. 14.
  10. ^ "Glottolog 4.6 - Western Gilaki".
  11. ^ "Gilaki".
  12. ^ "Language distribution: Gilan Province". Iran Atlas. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  13. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  14. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Gilan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  15. ^ Pazuki, Arman & Sohani, Mehdi (2013). "Phenotypic evaluation of scutellum-derived calluses in 'Indica' rice cultivars" (PDF). Acta Agriculturae Slovenica. 101 (2): 239–247. doi:10.2478/acas-2013-0020. Retrieved 2 February 2014.