Sain Qaleh
Persian: صائين قلعه | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 36°18′21″N 49°04′26″E / 36.30583°N 49.07389°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Zanjan |
County | Abhar |
District | Central |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 12,989 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Sain Qaleh (Persian: صائين قلعه, also Romanized as Şā’īn Qal‘eh; also known as Sain-Kalekh and Khorosan)[3] is a city in the Central District of Abhar County, Zanjan province, Iran.
At the 2006 census, its population was 11,083 in 2,896 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 11,939 people in 3,470 households.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 12,989 people in 4,048 households.[2]
The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi mentioned Sa'in Qal'eh in his Nuzhat al-Qulub: he referred to "the village called Quhūd, which the Mongols call Sāin Qal'ah, and which is the chief of all those neighboring hamlets".[6] He also wrote that it was close to the castle of Sarjahan.[6]