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)[2] is a city and capital of Sowme'eh Sara County, Gilan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 36,522, in 10,070 families.[3]

For the parliamentary constituency, see Sowme'eh Sara (electoral district).
For the administrative subdivision, see Sowme'eh Sara County. For the village in Ardabil Province, see Sowmaeh Sara, Ardabil.
Sowme'eh Sara
صومعه سرا
City
Sowme'eh Sara is located in Iran
Sowme'eh Sara
Sowme'eh Sara
Coordinates: 37°18′42″N 49°19′19″E
CountryIran
ProvinceGilan
CountySowme'eh Sara
BakhshCentral
Population
 (2016 Census)
 • Total47,083 [1]
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Sowme'eh Sara is located on the south coast of the Caspian Sea, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Rasht

Rice has been cultivated in this region for many years, where some indigenous cultivars (landrace) were conventionally bred by farmers.[4]

Demographics

People of Sowme'eh Sara are mostly Gilaks and they speak the Sowme'eh Sarai variety of Western Gilaki language.[5][6][7][8] [9] [10]

Linguistic composition of the city.[11]

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

References
  1. "Statistical Center of Iran > Home".
  2. 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".
  3. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
  4. 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 February 2, 2014.
  5. Jahangiri, Dr. Nader. گویش گیلکی لاهیجان [Lahijani Dialect of Gilaki] (in Persian). Iran: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies.
  6. 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)
  7. Sotoudeh, Manouchehr (1953). فرهنگ گیلکی [Gilaki Culture] (in Persian and Gilaki). Iran: فرهنگ ایلیا. pp. 17, 18.
  8. Shokri, Giti (2006). گویش رامسری [Ramsari Dialect] (in Persian). Iran: پژوهشگاه علوم انسانی و مطالعات فرهنگی. p. 14.
  9. "Glottolog 4.6 - Western Gilaki".
  10. "Gilaki".
  11. "Language distribution: Gilan Province". Iran Atlas. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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