Ardakan, Fars

Ardakan
اردكان
—  city  —
Ardakan
Coordinates:
Country  Iran
Province Fars
County Sepidan
Bakhsh Central
Population (2006)
 • Total 16,212
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
 • Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Ardakan (Persian: اردكان, also Romanized as Ārdaḵān) 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.[1]

On 5 January 2011 an earthquake with 5.3 magnitude occurred near the city. The town is very famous for its great ice cream.[2]

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