Tutkabon

Tutkabon is a city in, and the capital of, Rahmatabad and [Blukat District] of Rudbar County, Gilan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Rahmatabad [Rural District |Rahmatabad Rural District]. It is on the Sefid Rud River in the Alborz mountain range.

Demographics

People of Tutkabon speak the Rudbari dialect, a Tati [language |Tati] dialect that is sometimes considered a subcategory of Gilaki.

At the time of the 1986 census, Tutkabon was a village in Rahmatabad Rural District, in the Central District of Rudbar County. It had a population of 1,183 people in 239 households, of whom 721 were educated. Agricultural activities of Tutkabon included farming, gardening, and animal husbandry.
Tutkabon village became the seat of Rahmatabad Rural District in 1987.,and became the seat of Rahmatabad and Blukat District in 1990. Tutkabon was converted to a city in 1996.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 1,671 in 473 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,678 people in 519 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 1,510 people in 493 households.