Shahmirzad

For the administrative subdivision, see Shahmirzad District.
Shahmirzad
شامرزا
city

Shahmirzad, The Bala Sheikhi Neighborhood
Shahmirzad
Coordinates: 35°46′22″N 53°19′43″E / 35.77278°N 53.32861°E / 35.77278; 53.32861Coordinates: 35°46′22″N 53°19′43″E / 35.77278°N 53.32861°E / 35.77278; 53.32861
Country  Iran
Province Semnan
County Mehdishahr
Bakhsh Shahmirzad
Population (2006)
 • Total 7,273
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
 • Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Shahmirzad (Persian: شهميرزاد ‎‎, Native Name شامرزا)[1] is a town located in the north of Iran, and on the southern slopes of the Alborz Mountains. Permanent population of the town was recorded as 7,273 people, 1,860 families in the 2006 census. During summer, the town's population rises to up to 40,000 people, as tourists visit the town for its fine climate and its popular gardens.[2]

Shahmirzad has been home to people of diverse ethnic backgrounds, a large group of whom seasonally settled in cities and towns of Mazandaran, such as Babol, Sari, Neka, and Behshahr. During the past decades many Muslim, Bahá'í, and Shahmirzadi Jews,[3] migrated to larger cities in Iran and abroad, most notably San Francisco Bay Area.

Shahmirzadi language (شامرزایی), is a Caspian language close to Mazandarani and Gilaki.[4]

Shahmirzad's walnut orchard with the size of 700 ha is noted by the UN, Food and Agriculture Organization, as the largest of its kind in the world.[5] Shahmirzadi homeowners are given a proprietary interest in the walnut orchard in proportion to the amount of land they own in the village. Shahmirzad also produces mineral water "Tenab Shahmirzad".[6][7]

Famous Shahmirzadis

References

  1. ↑ Shahmirzad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3084064" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
  3. ↑ Kirmānshāhchī, Ḥishmat Allāh. Taḥavvulāt-i ijtimāʻī-i Yahūdiyān-i Īrān dar qarn-i bīstum. Los Angeles, CA: Shirkat-i Kitāb, 2007. Print
  4. ↑ Ethnologue report for language code:srz
  5. ↑ Iran Daily
  6. ↑ Tenab Shahmirzad, Iran - Water from all over the World
  7. ↑ http://shahmirzad.org/Farsi.aspx
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