Sain Qaleh
City in Zanjan province, Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the administrative division, see Sain Qaleh Rural District. For the city in West Azerbaijan province, see Shahin Dezh.
Sain Qaleh (Persian: صائين قلعه)[lower-alpha 1] is a city in the Central District of Abhar County, Zanjan province, Iran.
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Sain Qaleh
صائين قلعه | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 36°18′15″N 49°04′26″E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Zanjan |
County | Abhar |
District | Central |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 12,989 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
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At the 2006 census, its population was 11,083 in 2,896 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 11,939 people in 3,470 households.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 12,989 people in 4,048 households.[2]
The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi mentioned Sa'in Qal'eh in his Nuzhat al-Qulub: he referred to "the village called Quhūd, which the Mongols call Sāin Qal'ah, and which is the chief of all those neighboring hamlets".[6] He also wrote that it was close to the castle of Sarjahan.[6]