Ardakan, Fars

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]
CountryIran
ProvinceFars
CountySepidan
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total14,633
Time zoneUTC+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] 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.

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (10 October 2024). "Ardakan, Sepidan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 10 October 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 Fars Province was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Habibi, Hassan (c. 2023) [Approved 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.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Notification 82840/T128K. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.


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