Ardakan

Ardakan is a city in the Central District of , province, , serving as capital of both the county and the district. Its name derives from the words arta and kan or gan, or "place of brave men." The city is midway between and .
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  • Type: Town with 14,600 residents
  • Description: city in Fars Province, Iran
  • Also known as: “Ardakān”, “Ārdaḵān”, “Ardakan, Fars”, and “Sepīdān”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jowz-e Kangari and Khvosh Makan.

Village
is a village in, and the capital of, Khafri Rural District of the Central District of , province, . The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Bahr Ghan. is situated 3 km south of Ardakan.

Village
is a village in Khafri Rural District, in the Central District of , , . At the 2006 census, its population was 114, in 18 families. is situated 4½ km south of Ardakan.

Village
is a village in Khafri Rural District, in the Central District of , , . At the 2006 census, its population was 60, in 19 families. is situated 4½ km west of Ardakan.

Ardakan

Latitude
30.26235° or 30° 15′ 45″ north
Longitude
51.98365° or 51° 59′ 1″ east
Population
14,600
Elevation
2,235 metres (7,333 feet)
Open location code
8H2H7X6M+WF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 820374305
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
403656
Wiki­data ID
Q2617100
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Ardakan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أردكان”
  • Armenian: “Արդաքան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ərdəkan”
  • Central Kurdish: “ئەردەکان، فارس”
  • Chinese: “Ardakan”
  • Danish: “Ardakan”
  • Dutch: “Ardakan”
  • French: “Ardakan”
  • German: “Ardakan”
  • Hebrew: “ארדכאן”
  • Irish: “Ardakan”
  • Italian: “Ardakan”
  • Japanese: “アルダカーン”
  • Kurdish: “Erdekan”
  • Malagasy: “Ardakan, Fars”
  • Malagasy: “Ardakan”
  • Malay: “Ardakan, Fars”
  • Malay: “Ardakan”
  • Mazanderani: “اردکان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Ardakan”
  • Persian: “اردکان”
  • Persian: “سپیدان”
  • Polish: “Ardakan”
  • Portuguese: “Ardakan”
  • Russian: “Ардакан”
  • Russian: “Эрдекан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ardakan (Fars)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ardakan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اردکان (سپیدان)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اردکان”
  • Tajik: “Ардакон”
  • Thai: “แอร์แดคอน”
  • Turkish: “Ardakan, fars eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Ardekan, Fars Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Ardekan, Fars”
  • Turkish: “Ardekan”
  • Urdu: “اردکان (فارس)”
  • Urdu: “اردکان”

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