Official Name: | Fathabad |
Native Name: | فتح اباد |
Settlement Type: | village |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Kerman |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jiroft |
Subdivision Type3: | Bakhsh |
Subdivision Name3: | Central |
Subdivision Type4: | Rural District |
Subdivision Name4: | Esfandaqeh |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Total: | 220 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Timezone Dst: | IRDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | +4:30 |
Coordinates: | 28.66°N 57.1511°W |
Fathabad (Persian: فتح اباد, also Romanized as Fatḩābād; also known as Gāvkosh) is a village in Esfandaqeh Rural District, in the Central District of Jiroft County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 220, in 58 families.
It is one of many sites in the district that have been proposed for the lost city of Alexandria Carmania founded by Alexander the Great.
The village is famous for Fathabad Garden which is located 16 km northwest of Kerman. According to historians, the same construction pattern has been used at Shazdeh Garden in Mahan.[1]