Anar, Iran
Encyclopedia
Anar is a city in and the capital of Anar County
, Kerman Province, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 12,791, in 3,227 families. "Anar" means pomegranate
in Persian
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Anar County
Anar County is a county in Kerman Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Anar. It was separated from Rafsanjan County in 2009. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 31,554, in 7,803 families. The county has two cities: Anar and Aminshahr....
, Kerman Province, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 12,791, in 3,227 families. "Anar" means pomegranate
Pomegranate
The pomegranate , Punica granatum, is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub or small tree growing between five and eight meters tall.Native to the area of modern day Iran, the pomegranate has been cultivated in the Caucasus since ancient times. From there it spread to Asian areas such as the Caucasus as...
in Persian
Persian language
Persian is an Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and countries which historically came under Persian influence...
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