Hakhamanish District
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Hakhamanish District is a district (bakhsh
) in Pasargad County
, Fars Province, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,171, in 1,460 families. The District is entirely rural. "Hakhamanish" is the modern Persian version of Achaemenes
, the founder of the ancient Persian Achaemenid Dynasty.
Bakhsh
A bakhsh is a type of administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as county, it is more accurately translated as district, as they are similar to a township in the United States or a district of England....
) in Pasargad County
Pasargad County
Pasargad County is a county in Fars Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Saadat Shahr. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 29,825, in 7,100 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Hakhamanish District. The county has one city: Saadat...
, 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 6,171, in 1,460 families. The District is entirely rural. "Hakhamanish" is the modern Persian version of Achaemenes
Achaemenes
Achaemenēs was the eponymous ancestor of the Achaemenid Dynasty, who ruled Persia between 705 BC and 675 BC.The name is a bahuvrihi compound literally translating to "having a friend's mind", or "characterized by a follower's spirit"....
, the founder of the ancient Persian Achaemenid Dynasty.