Ardakan, Fars
Encyclopedia
Ardakan is a city in and the capital of Sepidan County
, Fars Province, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 16,212, in 3,534 families.
On 5 January 2011 an earthquake
with 5.3 magnitude
occurred near the city. The town is very famous for its great ice cream.
Sepidan County
Sepidan County is a county in Fars Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Ardakan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 87,801, in 20,127 families. The county is subdivided into three districts: the Central District, Beyza District, and Hamaijan District. The county has three...
, Fars 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 16,212, in 3,534 families.
On 5 January 2011 an earthquake
Earthquake
An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to the frequency, type and size of earthquakes experienced over a period of time...
with 5.3 magnitude
Richter magnitude scale
The expression Richter magnitude scale refers to a number of ways to assign a single number to quantify the energy contained in an earthquake....
occurred near the city. The town is very famous for its great ice cream.