Saqqez
Saqqez (Kurdish: [سەقز] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help), Persian: سقز) is a city in the west of Iran. According to 2006 census, 131,348 people lived there.[1] Saqqez is famous because of its ancient history and the remaining of a historic fort located on north-east of the city, named "Zehweeya". The city is in Kurdistan Province, in Iranian Kurdistan.
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سەقز | |
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city | |
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| Country |  Iran |
| Province | Kurdistan |
| County | Saqqez |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 131,349 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
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People
People of Saqqez are Kurds and speak in Kurdish language, they also speak in Persian which is the official language of Iran. Most of the people are following Sunni Islam. In recent years there was a huge community of Sufis in Saqqez, they still exist in little numbers and do their spiritual rituals in special places named Tekkyeh (in Kurdi: تەکیە). They mainly follow the Naqshbandi order of Sufism.
Saqqez Media
An old golden necklace from the Ziwiye hoard kept in National Museum of Iran
References
- ↑ "Wayback Machine". web.archive.org.
- ↑ "شهرستان سقز". Islamic Azad University - Saqqez Branch (in فارسی). Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2021.