Pardisan City Explained

Official Name:Pardisan
Native Name:پردیسان
Settlement Type:neighbourhood
Pushpin Map:Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Qom
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Qom
Subdivision Type3:Bakhsh
Subdivision Name3:Central
Population As Of:2012
Population Total:100,000
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Coordinates:34.64°N 50.8764°W

Pardisan (Persian: پردیسان) is a neighbourhood in south of Qom, in Iran. It has a population of 100,000.

A major part of Pardisan's population are clerics of Islamic Seminary who inhabited Pardisan following the mass-building program managed by The Center for Services for Islamic Seminaries (CSIS) during two decades.

Pardisan City is considered the academic region of Qom in which many universities and academic institutes are located, such as The Islamic Azad University, University of Religions and Denominations (URD), Qom Campus of Tehran University, Payam-i Nur University, Research Institute of Hawzah and University, Research Institute of Shi'a Studies, and Qom Human Sciences and Technology Park