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Ardakan,_Fars Latitude and Longitude:
30°15′34″N 51°59′07″E / 30.25944°N 51.98528°E / 30.25944; 51.98528
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Ardakan
Persian: اردكان
City
Ardakan is located in Iran
Ardakan
Ardakan
Coordinates: 30°15′34″N 51°59′07″E / 30.25944°N 51.98528°E / 30.25944; 51.98528 [1]
Country Iran
Province Fars
County Sepidan
District Central
Population
 (2016) [2]
 • Total14,633
Time zone UTC+3:30 ( IRST)

Ardakan ( Persian: اردكان) [a] is a city in the Central District of Sepidan County, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. [3]

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 16,212 in 3,534 households. [4] The following census in 2011 counted 16,661 people in 4,019 households. [5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 14,633 people in 4,117 households. [2] Its name derives from the words arta (brave man) and kan or gan (place), or "place of brave men."[ citation needed] The city is midway between Yasuj and Shiraz.

Notes

  1. ^ Also Romanized as Artagan and Ārdaḵān

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (29 September 2023). "Ardakan, Sepidan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. Archived from the original (Excel) on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Fars province, centered in Shiraz". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.


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