The Jāmeh Mosque of Ardakan is a Shi'ite Friday mosque located next to the public library in Ardakan, in the province of Yazd, Iran. The mosque was completed in 1506 CE, during the Safavid era.

The Zir Deh Mosque is a Shia mosque located in Ardakan, in the Yazd Province of Iran. The mosque was completed in 1581 CE, during the Safavid era, with additions completed in 1803, during the Qajar era.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Meybod and Bafruiyeh.

Meybod

Town

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Meybod is a city in the Central District of Meybod County, Yazd province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Meybod is a major desert city and the second most populous city in the province. Meybod is situated 6 km south of Ardakan.

Bafruiyeh

Town

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Bafruiyeh is a city in, and the capital of, Bafruiyeh District of Meybod County, Yazd province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Bafruiyeh Rural District. Bafruiyeh is situated 4 km southwest of Ardakan.

Ahmadabad

Town

Ahmadabad is a city in Yazd province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Mohammadiyeh Rural District. Ahmadabad is situated 6 km north of Ardakan.

Ardakan

Type: Town with 82,800 residents
Description: city in Yazd Province, Iran
Categories: city of Iran and locality
Location: Yazd, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

32.3063° or 32° 18′ 23″ north

Longitude

54.016° or 54° 0′ 58″ east

Population

82,800

Elevation

1,040 metres (3,412 feet)

Open location code

8H4P8248+G9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4320639994

OpenStreetMap feature

place=town

GeoNames ID

143073

Wikidata ID

Q580084

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Ardakan” goes by many names.

Arabic: “أردكان”
Armenian: “Արդաքան”
Azerbaijani: “Ərdəkan”
Belarusian: “Ардакан”
Belarusian: “Эрдэкан”
Bengali: “আরডাকান”
Catalan: “Ardakan”
Cebuano: “Ardakān”
Chinese: “Ardakan”
Chinese: “阿爾達坎”
Danish: “Ardakan”
Dutch: “Ardakan”
Esperanto: “Ardakan”
Esperanto: “Ardakano”
Estonian: “Ardakan”
Finnish: “Ardakan”
French: “Ardakan”
German: “Ardakan”
Greek: “Αρντακάν”
Gujarati: “અર્ડાકન”
Hebrew: “ארדכאן”
Hindi: “अर्दकान”
Hungarian: “Ardakán”
Indonesian: “Ardakan”
Irish: “Ardakan”
Italian: “Ardakan”
Japanese: “アルダカーン”
Kannada: “ಅರ್ಡಾಕನ್”
Kazakh: “Ардакан”
Korean: “아르다칸”
Kurdish: “Erdekan Yezd”
Kurdish: “Erdekan, Yezd”
Latvian: “Ardakana”
Latvian: “Ardakāna”
Lithuanian: “Ardakanas”
Malagasy: “Ardakan”
Malay: “Ardakan”
Marathi: “अरदाकान”
Mazanderani: “اردکان”
Min Nan Chinese: “Ardakan”
Norwegian Bokmål: “Ardakan”
Ossetian: “Эрдекан”
Persian: “اردکان”
Polish: “Ardakan”
Portuguese: “Ardakan”
Romanian: “Ardakan”
Russian: “Эрдекан”
Serbo-Croatian: “Ardakan”
South Azerbaijani: “اردکان”
Spanish: “Ardakan”
Swedish: “Ardakān”
Tajik: “Ардакон”
Tamil: “அடைக்கண்”
Tamil: “அர்தகன்”
Telugu: “అర్దకాన్”
Thai: “อาร์ดาฮัน”
Turkish: “Ardekan”
Ukrainian: “Ердекан”
Urdu: “اردکان”
Uzbek: “Ardakon”
Vietnamese: “Ardakan”
Western Panjabi: “اردکان”

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