Sowme'eh Sara (Persian: صومعه‌سرا) is a city in the Central District of Sowme'eh Sara County, Gilan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The city is on the south coast of the Caspian Sea, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Rasht.

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

People of Sowme'eh Sara are mostly Gilaks and they speak the Sowme'eh Sarai variety of Western Gilaki language.

Linguistic composition of the city.

Sowme'eh Sara linguistic composition language percent New Persian   70% Gilaki   25% Azerbaijani   5%

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 36,522 in 10,070 households. The following census in 2011 counted 40,978 people in 12,325 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 47,083 people in 15,331 households.

Agriculture

Rice has been cultivated in this region for many years, where some indigenous cultivars (landrace) were conventionally bred by farmers.

See also

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