Place:Fars, Iran

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NameFars
Alt namesFarssource: Wikipedia
Farsistansource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) IV, 690
Fārssource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Parsasource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 352
Persissource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) IV, 690
Pārssource: Encyclopædia Britannica (1988) IV, 690
TypeProvince
Coordinates29.0°N 53.0°E
Located inIran
Contained Places
Deserted settlement
Bishapur
Istakhr
Pasargadae
Inhabited place
Abadeh
Abarkūh
Abivardi
Ardakān
Arsenjān
Deh Bīd
Dez Gerd
Dārāb
Eqlīd
Evaz
Eṣṭahbānāt
Farrāshband
Fasā
Firouzabad
Fīrūzābād ( 100 - )
Fūrg
Gachsaran
Galeh Dār
Jahrom
Jūyom
Kazerun
Lār
Marv Dasht
Neyriz
Qoṭbābād
Qāderābād
Sarvestān
Saʿādatābād
Shiraz
Sūrmaq
Zarqān
Īzad Khvāst
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Fars Province, also known as Pars as well as Persis and Persia, is one of the thirty-one provinces of Iran. With an area of 122,400 km², it is located in Iran's southwest, in Region 2, and its administrative center is Shiraz. As of 2011, Fars had a population of 4.6 million people, of whom 67.6% were registered as urban dwellers (urban/suburbs), 32.1% villagers (small town/rural), and 0.3% nomad tribes.

Fars is the historical homeland of the Persian people. It was the homeland of the Achaemenid and Sasanian Persian dynasties of Iran, who reigned on the throne by the time of the ancient Persian Empires. The ruins of the Achaemenid capitals Pasargadae and Persepolis, among others, demonstrate the ancient history of the region. Due to the historical importance of this region, the entire country has historically been also referred to as Persia in the West.[1] Prior to Arab rule, this region was known as Pars.

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