Zafarqand Explained

Official Name:Zafarqand
Native Name:زفرقند/ظفرقند
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Iran
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Isfahan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Ardestan
Subdivision Type3:Bakhsh
Subdivision Name3:Central
Subdivision Type4:Rural District
Subdivision Name4:Kachu
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:229
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Timezone Dst:IRDT
Utc Offset Dst:+4:30
Coordinates:33.1772°N 52.48°W

Zafarqand (Persian: ظفرقند, also Romanized as Z̧afarqand; also known as Jaukand, Jūqand, and Zafarghand) is a village of Barzavand rural district in the Central District of Ardestan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 229, in 95 families.

Language

The town is Farsi speaking.[1]

Notable Residents

Yousef Tabatabai Nejad, Shia Cleric & Politician

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atlas of the Languages of Iran .