Estahban ( fa, استهبان, ar, اصطهبانات, also
Romanize
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d as Estahbān and Eşţahbān; formerly, Eşţahbānāt, Estehbanat, Istehbānāt, Istahbanát
and Shahr-e Eşţahbānāt; also formerly known as Savānāt)
is a city and capital of
Estahban County,
Fars Province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
.
The area about Estahban is very fertile,
[ being the largest producer of dried fig, saffron, grain, cotton, walnut, almond, grapes and other fruits in the Middle East. Estahban has been the most famous provider of figs to the world. It is also one of the biggest producers of saffron. Its original name Estahbanat was changed to Estahban in 1970.
Estahbanat was formerly called by the Farsname Naseri. It is rooted from Pahlavi word of "Seteh" and suffix "Ban" which mean place for keeping grapes.
]
Demographics
Language and ethnic groups
The majority of the people of Estahban are Persians
The Persians are an Iranian ethnic group who comprise over half of the population of Iran. They share a common cultural system and are native speakers of the Persian language as well as of the languages that are closely related to Persian.
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, and they speak Persian with the Shirazi accent, not the Persian accent of Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is th ...
.
Religion
The majority of people in Estahban are Muslims.
Population
According to the Iranian Census of 2011, the population of Estahban is 66,172 people from 12,714 families, which includes 32,654 women and 33,518 men.
Geography
Estahban is located at 29.1291° N, 54.358° E and surrounded by Bakhtagan Lake from the north, by Fars township from the south and by Shiraz
Shiraz (; fa, شیراز, Širâz ) is the fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars Province, which has been historically known as Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the population of the city was 1,565,572 ...
and Darab from the west. Its average elevation from sea level is about 1767 m.
Climate
Estahban is a dry City, with a yearly precipitation amount of 224 millimeters, with summer temperatures frequently about 28.1 °C (104 °F) in blazing sunshine with no humidity.
Economy
220px, A fig garden in Estahban
Because of fertile soil, economy in Estahban is mostly based on agriculture and consequently significant portion of population is employed in agriculture industries. Estahban dried figs are exported all over the world.
Dry Fig
Growing rain-fed and organically, having sweeter taste, drying naturally on tree and many health benefits make this fig unique.
There is no process for drying this product. Figs become dried by sun lights on the tree and then fall on the earth. Farmers collect them to warehouse t
classify
them.
Notables from Estahban
* Nezam Al Olama Estahbanati
Mohammad Nezam Al Olama, known as Nezam Al Olama Estahbanati (6 January 1849, in Estahban, Fars Province – 20 December 1942, in Estahban, Fars Province): was a renowned faqih and one of the most prominent scholars and well-known Ulama of the ...
* Nezameddin Faghih
References
Populated places in Estahban County
Cities in Fars Province
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