Ardakan, Fars

For other places with the same name, see Ardakan.

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.

Ardakan Persian: اردكان
City
Ardakan
Coordinates: 30°15′34″N 51°59′07″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Fars
County	Sepidan
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	14,633
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 16,212 in 3,534 households.^[4] The following census in 2011 counted 16,661 people in 4,019 households.^[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 14,633 people in 4,117 households.^[2]

See also

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Notes

1. Also romanized as Ārdaḵān; also known as Artagan