Tuyserkan
Tuyserkan
Persian: تويسركان | |
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City | |
 The Mir Razi mausoleum in Tuyserkan | |
  Tuyserkan Location within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 34°33′10″N 48°26′30″E / 34.55278°N 48.44167°E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Hamadan |
| County | Tuyserkan |
| District | Central |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 50,455 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Tuyserkan (Persian: تويسركان)[a] is a city in the Central District of Tuyserkan County, Hamadan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[3] 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.[4]
Climate
[edit]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[5] | |||||||||||||
Demographics
[edit]Population
[edit]At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 42,520 in 11,802 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 44,516 people in 13,727 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 50,455 people in 16,291 households.[1]
Industries
[edit]Tuyserkan is a major center for furniture production and wood carving, supported by the abundance of walnut trees in the surrounding region. [8]
See also
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Media related to Tuyserkan at Wikimedia Commons
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 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.
- ↑ Tuyserkan at GEOnet Names Server
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Tomb of Habakkuk, Tuyserkan, Iran". Diarna Geo-Museum of North African and Middle Eastern Jewish Life.
- ↑ "Statistics of 200 synoptic stations: Toyserkan(40886)". Chaharmahalmet (asp). Iran Meteorological Organization. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "How Tuyserkan Turns into Hub of Furniture Manufacturing in Iran". IFP News. 23 August 2017.
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