Qazvin County

Qazvin County (Persian: شهرستان قزوین) is in Qazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Qazvin.

Qazvin County Persian: شهرستان قزوین
County
Location of Qazvin County in Qazvin province (yellow)
Location of Qazvin province in Iran
Coordinates: 36°28′N 49°55′E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Qazvin
Capital	Qazvin
Districts	Central, Alamut-e Gharbi, Alamut-e Sharqi, Kuhin, Tarom-e Sofla
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	596,932
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Qazvin County at GEOnet Names Server

At the 2006 census, the county's population was 530,961 in 142,781 households.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 566,773 people in 169,078 households.[4] At the 2016 census, the county's population was 596,932 in 188,460 households.[2]

Persians, Azeris and Tats are the largest ethnic groups of people.[5][6] According to some sources, the majority of people in northern Qazvin (Alamut) are Tats who speak a dialect of the Tati language.[7][8][9][10][11][12] However, other sources claim that the majority of people in Alamut are Mazanderani[13] or Gilaks who speak a dialect of the Mazanderani language or Gilaki language.[14][15]

According to some linguists, the term ‘Tati’ was used by Turkic speakers to refer to non-turkic speakers.[16][17][18] This could explain why some sources claim the people of Alamut are Tats, while others claim they are Mazanderanies or Gilaks. Likely, the ‘Tats’ of Alamut are Mazanderani[19] or Gilak speakers who have been labeled as Tats as historically they were considered Mazanderani or Gilaks.[20][21][15]