Sowme'eh Sara

Sowme'eh Sara (Persian: صومعه‌سرا, also Romanized as Şowme‘eh Sarā, Somee Sara, Şowma‘eh Sarā, Şūme‘eh Sarā, Sumehsara, and Sumesera)[3] is a city in the Central District of Sowme'eh Sara County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as both capital of the district and of the county. The city is on the south coast of the Caspian Sea, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Rasht.

For the parliamentary constituency, see Sowme'eh Sara (electoral district).
For the administrative division of Gilan province, see Sowme'eh Sara County. For the village in Ardabil province, see Sowmaeh Sara. For other places with a similar name, see Sowmeeh.

Sowme'eh Sara
Persian: صومعه سرا
City
Sowme'eh Sara is located in Iran
Sowme'eh Sara
Sowme'eh Sara
Coordinates: 37°18′00″N 49°18′51″E[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceGilan
CountySowme'eh Sara
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total47,083
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 36,522 in 10,070 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 40,978 people in 12,325 households.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 47,083 people in 15,331 households.[2]

Rice has been cultivated in this region for many years, where some indigenous cultivars (landrace) were conventionally bred by farmers.[6]

Demographics

People of Sowme'eh Sara are mostly Gilaks and they speak the Sowme'eh Sarai variety of Western Gilaki language.[7][8][9][10] [11] [12]

Linguistic composition of the city.[13]

Sowme'eh Sara linguistic composition
language percent
New Persian
 
 70%
Gilaki
 
 25%
Azerbaijani
 
 5%

References
  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (10 October 2023). "Sowme'eh Sara, Sowme'eh Sara County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 01. Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. Sowme'eh Sara can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3086328" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 01. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 01. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. Pazuki, Arman & Sohani, Mehdi (2013). "Phenotypic evaluation of scutellum-derived calluses in 'Indica' rice cultivars" (PDF). Acta Agriculturae Slovenica. 101 (2): 239–247. doi:10.2478/acas-2013-0020. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
  7. Jahangiri, Dr. Nader. گویش گیلکی لاهیجان [Lahijani Dialect of Gilaki] (in Persian). Iran: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
  8. Resaei, Ayoub (2006). "گویش گیلکی فومنات" [Foumani Dialect of Gilaki] (in Persian). Iran: Allameh Tabataba'i University: 65. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  9. Sotoudeh, Manouchehr (1953). فرهنگ گیلکی [Gilaki Culture] (in Persian and Gilaki). Iran: فرهنگ ایلیا. pp. 17, 18.
  10. Shokri, Giti (2006). گویش رامسری [Ramsari Dialect] (in Persian). Iran: پژوهشگاه علوم انسانی و مطالعات فرهنگی. p. 14.
  11. "Glottolog 4.6 - Western Gilaki".
  12. "Gilaki".
  13. "Language distribution: Gilan Province". Iran Atlas. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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