Junqan (Persian: جونقان)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Junqan District of Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, Iran.[4]
Junqan
Persian: جونقان | |
|---|---|
City | |
  Junqan | |
| Coordinates: 32°09′02″N 50°41′16″E / 32.15056°N 50.68778°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari |
| County | Farsan |
| District | Junqan |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 14,433 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Demographics
editLanguage
editThree languages are spoken in Junqan: Turkic, Bakhtiari and Persian.[5] The three together paint a picture of balanced multilingualism in the community; each is dominant in certain aspects and recessive in others. Turkic is numerically the city's dominant first language (L1)—unlike in the majority of the province where it is Bakhtiari—and is used together with Bakhtiari at home. Turkic is also used as the primary language in shared social contexts. Nevertheless, the majority of people in Junqan are equally skilled in both Bakhtari and Turkic, regardless of which language they speak at home.
Junqan's Turkic speakers refer to their language simply as "Torki" (Turkic/Turkish), but they do admit a connection to Qashqai Turkic of Fars province. Because Southern Lori, a close relative of Bakhtiari, is spoken alongside Qashqai Turkic in Fars, the term "Lori-ye Bakhtiyri" (Bakhtiari Lori), which is not frequently used for Bakhtiari elsewhere in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, may reflect a perception of the language situation influenced by the Turkic speakers' origin in that province.[5]
Persian, the nation's official language, and both Turkic and Bakhtiari coexist in diglossic relationships in Junqan. Both groups are seeing a linguistic shift toward Persian as L1 at-home instruction of Persian is becoming more common among both communities, although it may be that the social blend of the city is acting as a catalyst.[5]
Population
editAt the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,660 in 3,437 households, when it was in the Central District.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 14,800 people in 3,933 households,[7] by which time the city had been separated from the district in the formation of Junqan District.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 14,433 people in 4,154 households.[2]
See also
editNotes
editReferences
edit- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (29 August 2024). "Junqan, Farsan County" (Map). openstreetmap.org (OpenStreetMap) (in Persian). Retrieved 29 August 2024.
- ^ a b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ Junqan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3068195" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ a b Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (6 September 2017) [Approved 9 April 2011]. "Arzuiyeh County was added to the map of national divisions, with some changes in the geography of the country". dolat.ir (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 27 August 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2023 – via Secretariat of the Government Information Council.
- ^ a b c Anonby, Erik; Schreiber, Laurentia; Taheri-Ardali, Mortaza (2020). "Balanced Bilingualism: Patterns of Contact Influence in L1 and L2 Turkic and Bakhtiari Speech in Juneqan, Iran". Iranian Studies. 53 (3–4): 592–595. doi:10.1080/00210862.2020.1755957.
- ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.