Tuyserkan

Tuyserkan
Persian: تويسركان
City
The Mir Razi mausoleum in Tuyserkan
The Mir Razi mausoleum in Tuyserkan
Tuyserkan is located in Iran
Tuyserkan
Tuyserkan
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 34°33′10″N 48°26′30″E / 34.55278°N 48.44167°E / 34.55278; 48.44167
CountryIran
ProvinceHamadan
CountyTuyserkan
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
50,455
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Tuyserkan (Persian: تويسركان) is a city in the Central District of Tuyserkan County, Hamadan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Tuyserkan is about 100 km south of Hamadan, in western Iran.

Tuyserkan is famous for the Tomb of the Prophet Habakkuk, a Twelver Shi'ite and Jewish mausoleum believed to entomb the remains of the biblical prophet Habakkuk, who is revered by Jews, Christians, and Muslims as a Biblical prophet who served in the Temple of Solomon, approximately 700 BCE.

Climate

Tuyserkan has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Csa) according to the Köppen climate classification.

Climate data for Tooyserkan (elevation:1,783.2 m (5,850 ft), 2003-2010 normals)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Daily mean °C (°F) 0.1
(32.2)		 3.1
(37.6)		 8.5
(47.3)		 11.7
(53.1)		 16.3
(61.3)		 22.6
(72.7)		 26.5
(79.7)		 25.8
(78.4)		 21.3
(70.3)		 15.9
(60.6)		 7.9
(46.2)		 3.4
(38.1)		 13.6
(56.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 58.0
(2.28)		 60.5
(2.38)		 50.5
(1.99)		 89.0
(3.50)		 33.2
(1.31)		 2.4
(0.09)		 0.4
(0.02)		 2.0
(0.08)		 3.6
(0.14)		 34.0
(1.34)		 68.8
(2.71)		 51.7
(2.04)		 454.1
(17.88)
Source: IRIMO

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 42,520 in 11,802 households. The following census in 2011 counted 44,516 people in 13,727 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 50,455 people in 16,291 households.

Shrine of Habakkuk in Tuyserkan

Industries

Tuyserkan is a major center for furniture production and wood carving, supported by the abundance of walnut trees in the surrounding region.

See also

Wikimedia Commons logo Media related to Tuyserkan at Wikimedia Commons

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Tooyserkan, Tūīsarkān, Tūysarkān, and Tūyserkān

References

  1. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Hamadan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Tuyserkan at GEOnet Names Server
  3. ↑ 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 همدان به مرکزیت شهر همدان [‌Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Hamadan province, centered in Hamadan city]. 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] 0B4BF172-2464-430F-82EF-9426BDC5D272. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 11 February 2024. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  4. ↑ "Tomb of Habakkuk, Tuyserkan, Iran". Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life.
  5. ↑ "Statistics of 200 synoptic stations: Toyserkan(40886)". Chaharmahalmet (asp). Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  6. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Hamadan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  7. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان همدان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Hamadan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2026.
  8. ↑ "How Tuyserkan Turns into Hub of Furniture Manufacturing in Iran". IFP News. 23 August 2017.