Ardakan () is a city in the
Central District of
Sepidan County
Sepidan County () is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Ardakan.
History
After the 2006 National Census, five villages merged to form the new city of Hamashahr. Shesh Pir Rural District was separated from Hamaijan Distr ...
,
Fars province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Its name derives from the words ''arta'' (brave man) and ''kan'' or ''gan'' (place), or "place of brave men." The city is midway between
Yasuj
Yasuj (; ) is a city in the Central District of Boyer-Ahmad County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.
Yasuj is an industrial city in the Zagros Mountains of southwes ...
and
Shiraz
Shiraz (; ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the popu ...
.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 16,212 in 3,534 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 16,661 people in 4,019 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 14,633 people in 4,117 households.
See also
Notes
References
Cities in Fars province
Populated places in Sepidan County
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