Erdekan [1] [2] , or Ardakan [2] [3] , or Erdekan-e-Fars [4] ( pers. اردکان ) - a city in southern Iran , in the province of Fars . The administrative center shahrestana Sepidan County .
| City | |
| ardakan | |
|---|---|
| اردکان | |
| A country |  Iran |
| Ostan | Farce |
| Shahrestan | Sepidan County |
| History and geography | |
| The height of the center | 2,436 m |
| Timezone | UTC + 3: 30 |
| Population | |
| Population | 16 212 people ( 2006 ) |
| Official language | Farsi |
Geography
The city is located in the north-western part of Fars, in the high valley southeast of the Zagros , at an altitude of 2436 meters above sea level [2] . Ardakan located at a distance of approximately 85 kilometers north-west of Shiraz , the provincial capital and 600 kilometers south of Tehran , the capital.
Population
According to the census, in 2006 the population was 16,212 people [3] ; in the national composition, Persians [4] and Kashkays [4] prevail.
Notes
- ↑ Atlas of the World. - M .: SSP "Cartography" Federelnogo Agency of Geodesy and Cartography of the Russian Federation Ministry of Transport: Onyx Publishing, 2007 - 128 p.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Physico-geographical data
- ↑ 1 2 World Gazetteer
- ↑ 1 2 3 Encyclopedia of Iranik (English)