Tup Aghaj, Kurdistan

Tup Aghaj
Persian: توپ آغاج
City
Tup Aghaj is located in Iran
Tup Aghaj
Tup Aghaj
Location within Iran
Tup Aghaj is located in Iran Kurdistan
Tup Aghaj
Tup Aghaj
Location within Iran Kurdistan
Coordinates: 36°02′57″N 47°49′30″E / 36.04917°N 47.82500°E / 36.04917; 47.82500
CountryIran
ProvinceKurdistan
CountyBijar
DistrictCentral
Established as a city2012[1]
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
1,645
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Tup Aghaj (Persian: توپ آغاج)[a] is a city in the Central District of Bijar County, Kurdistan province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Seylatan Rural District.[4]

Demographics

Ethnicity

The city is populated by Turkics.[5]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Tup Aghaj's population was 2,172 in 517 households, when it was a village in Seylatan Rural District.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 2,498 people in 713 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population as 1,645 people in 541 households,[2] by which time the village had been converted to a city.[1]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Tūp Āghāj; also known as Top Aghaj[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (12 December 2012) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 22/9/1391 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه درخصوص تبدیل روستای توپ آغاج و روستای پیرتاج شهرستان بیجار در استان کردستان به شهر [‌Approval letter regarding the conversion of Tup Aghaj village and Pir Taj village in Bijar County in Kurdistan province into cities]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 165109/42/4/1. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان کردستان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Kurdistan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 May 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  3. ↑ Tup Aghaj at GEOnet Names Server
  4. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (9 August 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366.5.18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 11 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان بیجار تابع استان کردستان [‌Creation and formation of 11 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Bijar County under Kurdistan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 2214.5.53. Archived from the original on 28 April 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  5. ↑ Mohammadirad, Masoud; Anonby, Erik; et al. "Language distribution in Kordestan Province, Iran". Atlas of the languages of Iran (ALI). Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, Carleton University.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان کردستان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Kurdistan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2026.
  7. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان کردستان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Kurdistan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2026.