Sarab, East Azerbaijan
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Sarab () is a city in the Central District of
Sarab County Sarab County () is in East Azerbaijan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the nort ...
,
East Azerbaijan East Azerbaijan province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Tabriz. The province is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ardabil province, West Azerbaijan province ...
province,
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, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Sarab is famous for its rugs.


Demographics


Language and ethnicity

Sarabi people are of mostly Iranic-origin
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speaking the
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language, but with a special accent, where the pronunciation of words is more like the Ardabil dialect while verb conjugation is more similar to the Tabriz dialect.


Religion

Muslims are the dominant group in the city, but in new generations of people,
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can be found.


Population

The people of Sarab consist of 37% citizens, 16% nomadic people, mainly from Moghan and rest of the people live in Sarab's villages. At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 42,057 in 11,045 households. The following census in 2011 counted 44,846 people in 13,353 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 45,031 people in 13,953 households.


Geography


Location

East of Sarab leads to
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province. North lies Savalan Mountain. Westward from Sarab leads to the city of
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, and to the south are the Bozghush mountains.


Environs

Sarab is the only city in Sarab County, with almost half of the total population of the Central District, and more than a third of the population of the entire county. The city of Sarab is surrounded by rural villages. Some of the larger villages are: Razliq, Asbforushan, Qaleh Juq, and
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. There are 161 others, as well as thirteen abandoned villages around it.


Climate

Sarab has a
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(
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''BSk''). Winters are cold and snowy, while summers are warm to hot with little precipitation. Most of the annual precipitation falls between the months of November and May.


Rugs

The rugs of Sarab, which are also classified among those known as Heriz (Herez), have light, rather bright colour schemes. The usual adjective for "of Sarab" would be "Sarab-i", this changed to "Serapi". In 1876, about the time that Sarabi rugs were coming on the market in England, the Prince of Wales made a trip to India on H.M.S. Serapis. The similarity of the names led to the form "Serapi" for the rugs. They are not to be confused with the rugs of eastern Turkestan which are generally known as "Samarkands", but occasionally "Serapi".


Higher education


Islamic Azad University, Sarab Branch

Sama Technical College of Sarab
* Payame noor University of Sarab
Allameh Amini Technical College of Sarab


See also

*
Sarab Khanate The Sarab Khanate () was a khanate centered around Sarab from 1747 and ruled by the Kurdish Shaqaqi tribe. History Rise of the Khanate With the collapse of the Safavid Empire in 1722, the Caucasian provinces were thrown into chaos. The ...


Notes


References


External links


Information Site of Sarab City
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