Sivand ( fa, سيوند, also

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d as Sīvand) is a village in Khafrak-e Olya, Marvdasht County, Fars Province,

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. It is located in the Sivand valley and is mostly known for the nearby

Sivand Dam Sivand Dam is a dam built in 2007 in Fars Province, Iran.pastures Pasture (from the Latin ''pastus'', past participle of ''pascere'', "to feed") is land used for grazing. Pasture lands in the narrow sense are enclosed tracts of farmland, grazed by domesticated livestock, such as horses, cattle, sheep, or swine ...

. It has relatively dry winters with some occasional

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. Sivand is home to the Sivandi dialect, a north western -

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which like an island is surrounded in a sea of other Persian

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and dialects in Fars. The number of Sivandi speakers is estimated to be approximately 6,800 persons. The population of Sivand decreased from some 6,000 in 1950 to its present total, as a result of most of its young population leaving for cities in pursuit of

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; some Sivandis also

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, mostly to

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and the

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. Most of Sivand's present inhabitants are involved in

horticulture Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...

and

farming Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

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Linguistic Lineage for Sivandi
Populated places in Marvdasht County {{Marvdasht-geo-stub