The residents of Pishva are mainly Persian-speaking Shias and are predominantly descendants of the original residents of the Tehran and Ray area. Members of theJoneidi clan are the most prominent residents of the city. In Persian the word Pishva meansImam and leader and refers to the mausoleum of Imamzadeh Ja'far, who is considered the son of the seventh Shi'ite Imam, Imam Mousa Al-Kazim.[citation needed]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 41,480 in 10,734 households,[5] when it was capital of the formerPishva District ofVaramin County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 47,253 people in 13,352 households,[7] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Pishva County. Pishva was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 59,184 people in 18,054 households.[2]
^Pishva can be found atGEOnet Names Server, atthis link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3078421" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^Habibi, Hassan (c. 2023) [Approved 21 March 1374].Divisional reforms in Tehran province.lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Council. Proposal 1.4.42.10817; Notification 4488/14619K. Archived fromthe original on 26 December 2023. Retrieved26 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.
