Ardakan, Fars

Ardakan

Persian: اردكان
Ardakan Persian: اردكان
City
	Ardakan
	Coordinates: 30°15′34″N 51°59′07″E / 30.25944°N 51.98528°E / 30.25944; 51.98528
Country	Iran
Province	Fars
County	Sepidan
District	Central
Population (2016)
• Total	14,633
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

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

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 16,212 in 3,534 households.^[3] The following census in 2011 counted 16,661 people in 4,019 households.^[4] 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.

References

^ OpenStreetMap contributors (29 September 2023). "Ardakan, Sepidan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ "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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[1] OpenStreetMap contributors (29 September 2023). "Ardakan, Sepidan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

[2016_census-2] "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.

[2006_census-3] "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.

[2011_census-4] "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.