Country Iran County Ahar Rural District Owch Hacha | Province East Azerbaijan Bakhsh Central Elevation 1,351.4 m (4,433.7 ft) | |
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Zandabad (Persian: زنداباد, also Romanized as Zandābād; also known as Zandava and Zandāwa; Azerbaijani: Zəndabad; formerly, Samadia (Azerbaijani: Səmədiyə)) is a village in Owch Hacha Rural District, in the Central District of Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,104, in 224 families.
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Etymology
The village was originally called Samadia, but this name was changed to Zandabad by the proposal of the Iranian Academy and several khanate in 1936.
Economy
The village's main export is cereal. People live on agriculture and cattle. Crafting kilim is also a common source of income.
Geography
Samadia is a mountainous and temperate zone.
Demographics
The majority of the village's population are Azerbaijani.
Language
Today, the predominant language spoken in Samadia is Azerbaijani Turkic, which belongs to the Turkic languages family. Azerbaijani is a member of Oghuz branch of Turkic language, and it is closely related to Turkish and Turkmeni. The modern Azerbaijani language is evolved from the Eastern Oghuz dialect of Western (Oghuz) Turkic, which spread to Southwestern Asia during medieval Turkic migrations and was heavily influenced by Persian and Arabic.
Religion
The majority of the population are followers of Shia Islam.
Music
The popular music is played by Ashik that play the Saz or Qopuz, a form of lute. Their songs are partly improvised around a common base.
Cuisine
Some traditional Zandabad dishes are:
Ash is a soup prepared with bouillon, various vegetables, carrot, noodle and spices.
Dolma is a traditional Azerbaijani food. It is prepared with eggplant, capsicum, tomato or zucchini filled with a mixture of meat, split pea, onion and various spices.
Sights
There are many sights in Samadia, including: