Key Zarrin
Key Zarrin is a village in Ahmadabad Rural District, in the Central District of Firuzabad County, Fars province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 362, in 74 families.- Type: Village with 453 residents
- Description: village in Iran
- Also known as: “Key Zarrīn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Palace of Ardashir and Gor Ancient City.
Palace of Ardashir
Castle
Photo: Ahura21, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palace of Ardashir Bābakān, also known as the Ātashkadeh, is a castle located on the slopes of the mountain on which Qal'eh Dokhtar is situated. Built in AD 224 by King Ardashir I of the Sasanian Empire, it is located two kilometers north of the ancient city of Gor, i.e. the old city of Artakhsher Khwarah/Khor Adashir/Gor Adesheer in Pars, in ancient Persia.
Gor Ancient City
Archaeological site
Photo: Aminmalekzadeh77, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gor Ancient City is an archaeological site, which is situated 3½ km south of Key Zarrin.
Pillar of Gor
Tower
Photo: akhodadadi, CC BY 3.0.
The Minar was a staged, tower-like structure built in the center of the Sasanian circular city of Gōr. Several theories have been proposed for its purpose. Only the core of the structure remains today. Pillar of Gor is situated 3½ km south of Key Zarrin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khevid-e Mobaraki and Ahmadabad.
Khevid-e Mobaraki
Village
Khevid-e Mobaraki is a village in Ahmadabad Rural District, in the Central District of Firuzabad County, Fars province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 570, in 124 families.
Ahmadabad
Village
Ahmadabad is a village in, and the capital of, Ahmadabad Rural District of the Central District of Firuzabad County, Fars province, Iran. Ahmadabad is situated 4 km southwest of Key Zarrin.
Firouzabad
Photo: Melody A, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Firouzabad is a city with population of 60,000 in Fars province, Iran. The town is surrounded by a mud wall and ditch.
Key Zarrin
- Category: locality
- Location: Fars, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
28.88246° or 28° 52′ 57″ northLongitude
52.53442° or 52° 32′ 4″ eastPopulation
453Elevation
1,350 metres (4,429 feet)Open location code
7HWJVGJM+XQOpenStreetMap ID
node 4459620039OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
6907836Wikidata ID
Q5849271
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Key Zarrin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كي زرين”
- Chechen: “Кей Заррин”
- Chinese: “Key Zarrin”
- Dutch: “Key Zarrin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كى زرين”
- Malay: “Key Zarrin”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Key Zarrin”
- Persian: “کی زرین”
- Persian: “کی زرّین”
- Urdu: “کی زرین”
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