Ardakan, Fars
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. DemographicsPopulationAt 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 alsoNotesReferences
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