Sham Asbi

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Sham Asbi
Persian: شام اسبي
Village
Sham Asbi is located in Iran
Sham Asbi
Sham Asbi
Coordinates: 38°11′36″N 48°14′38″E / 38.19333°N 48.24389°E / 38.19333; 48.24389[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceArdabil
CountyArdabil
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictBalghelu
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
2,817
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Sham Asbi (Persian: شام اسبي)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Balghelu Rural District[4] in the Central District of Ardabil County, Ardabil province, Iran.

Etymology

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The locals of Sham Asbi identify the first part of the village's name with Sham, i.e. "Syria", interpreting it as "a place with Syrian horses."[5] According to Alice Assadoorian in Iran and the Caucasus, the toponym appears to be an old compound, and thus the folk etymology "can hardly be satisfying."[5] Assadoorian notes that the final –ī in the place name alludes to a patronymic formation, which allows for the reconstruction of the Middle Iranian form of the toponym as *Šāmaspīk or *Šāmāspīk, which translates as "a village belonging to (or founded by) *Šāmāsp."[5] The name *Šāmāsp is a familiar personal name, and derives from Old Iranian *S(i)yāmāspa-, i.e. "(a man) having black or dark studs" (compare Avestan Syāvaspi- and Armenian Šawasp).[5] Assadoorian argues that there was "secondary dissimilation of the initial s- to š-."[5]

Demographics

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Population

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,148 in 511 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 2,609 people in 734 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,817 people in 820 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Also romanized as Shām Asbī; also known as Shamaspi[3]

References

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  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (18 August 2024). "Shaam Asbi, Ardabil, بخش مرکزی [Central District], Ardabil city, Ardabil Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 18 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان اردبیل [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Ardabil Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  3. ^ Sham Asbi can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3084402" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ^ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (22 April 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/02/02 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 21 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای واقع در شهرستان اردبیل تابعه استان آذربایجان شرقی [‌Creation and formation of 21 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Ardabil County under East Azerbaijan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] FEB9CB78-0F1F-47EF-8168-BEAC75F0CE8B. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 4. Archived from the original on 18 June 2025. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e Assadoorian, Alice (2006). "Šām-aspī (A Toponym from Ardabīl)". Iran and the Caucasus. 10 (2): 261. doi:10.1163/157338406780345916.
  6. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان اردبیل [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Ardabil Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2025.
  7. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان اردبیل [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Ardabil Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2025.


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