Siavi

Siavi Persian: سياوي
Village
Siavi
Coordinates: 37°21′29″N 49°24′28″E / 37.35806°N 49.40778°E / 37.35806; 49.40778[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Gilan
County	Sowme'eh Sara
District	Tulem
Rural District	Hend Khaleh
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	92
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Siavi (Persian: سياوي)^[a] is a village in Hend Khaleh Rural District^[4] of Tulem District in Sowme'eh Sara County, Gilan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 138 in 36 households.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 79 people in 26 households.^[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 92 people in 29 households.^[2]

Overview

It is a small region of one of the earliest ethnic Pashtuns in Iran, thought to have originated from southern Afghanistan hundreds of years ago^[when?] but have been able to keep their linguistic and cultural identity intact. Also, there is a village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, in Nizampur region of Nowshera District by the same name, where many of the members of the Siavi clan from Iran have permanently settled dating back multiple generations.

The Siavi clan is probably the oldest native Pashto-speaking clan of Iran. Although the history of their arrival in Iran is not very clear, they most likely migrated from southern regions of what is now Afghanistan.

Currently mainly in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Pakistan, many of the clan members have settled in the Nizampur area of Nowshera District. Their population is estimated to be around 1,000. As was the case with their settled era over many centuries in Iran, over many centuries of settlement in mainly Khattak-dominated areas, they have maintained their separate identity although often, culturally and linguistically, they identify with the Khattak tribe of Pashtuns, likely due to intermarriage and sociocultural similarities.

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Sīāvī^[3]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (1 December 2025). "سیاوی, دهستان هندخاله, بخش تولم [Siavi, Hend Khaleh Rural District, Tulem District], Sowme'eh Sara County, Gilan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 1 December 2025.
2. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. Siavi can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "6003364" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
4. Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (9 August 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/05/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 7 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانهای در شهرستان صومعه سرا تابع استان گیلان [‌Creation and formation of seven rural districts including villages, farms and places in Sowme'eh Sara County under Gilan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] A04F12E3-1193-44C9-BF0A-9DA01402BBDA. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 13. Archived from the original on 30 November 2025. Retrieved 30 November 2025.
5. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
6. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Gilan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.