Asalem

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CountryIran
Established as a city2000[3]
Asalem
Persian: اسالم
City
Asalem is located in Iran
Asalem
Asalem
Coordinates: 37°43′16″N 48°57′30″E / 37.72111°N 48.95833°E / 37.72111; 48.95833[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceGilan
CountyTalesh
DistrictAsalem
Established as a city2000[3]
Population
 (2016)[4]
  Total
10,720
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Asalem (Persian: اسالم)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Asalem District in Talesh County, Gilan province, in northwestern Iran.[6] The city also serves as the administrative center for Asalem Rural District.[7] The village of Asalem was converted to a city in 2000.[3]

Language

The Asalemi dialect is a variety of Talysh[8] Linguistic composition of the city.[9]

Asalem linguistic composition
language percent
Talysh
65%
New Persian
30%
Gilaki
5%

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,347 in 827 households.[10] The following census in 2011 counted 10,040 people in 2,809 households.[11] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 10,720 people in 3,271 households.[4]

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