Shal, Qazvin

Shal
Persian: شال
City
Shal is located in Iran
Shal
Shal
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 35°53′57″N 49°46′08″E / 35.89917°N 49.76889°E / 35.89917; 49.76889
CountryIran
ProvinceQazvin
CountyBuin Zahra
DistrictShal
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
15,290
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Shal, Qazvin at GEOnet Names Server

Shal (Persian: شال) is a city in, and the capital of, Shal District in Buin Zahra County, Qazvin province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population wa 15,104 in 3,348 households. The following census in 2011 counted 14,996 people in 3,972 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 15,290 people in 4,217 households.

Economy

Shal is historically known as a center of sheep breeding.: 858 

In literature

The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi listed Shal as one of the main villages in the territory of Qazvin.

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Formerly known as Dashtabi District

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (14 September 2024). "Tazarak, دهستان قلعه هاشم, بخش شال [Qaleh Hashem Rural District, Shal District], Buin Zahra County, Qazvin Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 14 September 2024.
  2. ↑ "VQX9+MH6 Shal, Qazvin Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Shal, Qazvin at GEOnet Names Server
  5. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (20 July 1997) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1376/04/29 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تغییرات تقسیمات کشوری در شهرستان بویین زهرا در استان قزوین [‌Changes in the national divisions in Buin Zahra County in Qazvin province]. 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] 80CDFE19-D021-4D3D-8886-DCB00934881F. شماره دوره [Course number] 76, شماره جلد [Volume number] 253. Archived from the original on 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  6. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (1 June 1997) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1376/03/11 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تأسیس دهستان خرم آباد به مرکزیت روستای خرم آباد در تابعیت شهرستان قزوین و بخش دشت آبی به مرکزیت شهرستان و بخش رامند به مرکزیت شهر دانسفهان در تابعیت شهرستان بوئین زهرا [‌Creation and establishment of Khorramabad District centered on Khorramabad village under the citizenship of Qazvin County and Dashtabi District centered on the city and Ramand District centered on Danesfahan city under the citizenship of Buin Zahra County]. 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] 86E1A6C2-5700-45E3-ABC6-C49B5CA2BEEE. شماره دوره [Course number] 76, شماره جلد [Volume number] 254. Archived from the original on 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
  7. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Qazvin Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  9. ↑ Lambton, Ann K.S.; Hillenbrand, R.M. (1978). "ḲAZWĪN". In Van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume IV (IRAN-KHA). Leiden: E.J. Brill. pp. 857–63. ISBN 90 04 05745 5. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  10. ↑ Hamdallah Mustawfi (1919). Le Strange, Guy (ed.). The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub. p. 64. Retrieved 10 October 2022.