An abadi ( fa, آبادی, ābādī) is a term often used in

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

to describe a rural location, typically a

settlement Settlement may refer to: *Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building * Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *Settlement (fin ...

in a rural environment, or informally as a town or city. The word Abadi derives from " fa, آباد‎, ābād, label=none", which translates to "populous, thriving, prosperous". Being a generic and ambiguous term referring to small settlements, the statistical center of Iran uses the term in a broader sense, either a village, farm and "site" such as gas stations, restaurants, mines, railway stations, etc. As of the 1973 census 23 percent of ābādīs are non-residential.

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