Tutkabon
City in Gilan province, Iran
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Tutkabon (Persian: توتکابن)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Rahmatabad and Blukat District of Rudbar County, Gilan province, Iran.[6] It also serves as the administrative center for Rahmatabad Rural District.[7] It is on the Sefid Rud River in the Alborz (Elburz) mountain range.
Demographics
People of Tutkabon speak the Rudbari dialect, a Tati dialect that is sometimes considered a subcategory of Gilaki.[8]
Population
At the time of the 1986 census, Tutkabon was a village in Rahmatabad Rural District, in the Central District of Rudbar County. It had a population of 1,183 people in 239 households, of whom 721 were educated. Agricultural activities of Tutkabon included farming, gardening, and animal husbandry.[9]
Tutkabon village became the seat of Rahmatabad Rural District in 1987.,[7] and became the seat of Rahmatabad and Blukat District in 1990.[6] Tutkabon was converted to a city in 1996.[3]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 1,671 in 473 households.[10] The following census in 2011 counted 1,678 people in 519 households.[11] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 1,510 people in 493 households.[4]
