Estahban ( and ) is a city in the Central District of

Estahban County Estahban County () is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Estahban. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 66,391 in 16,606 households. The following census in 2011 coun ...

, Fars province,

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, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The area surrounding Estahban is very fertile, being the largest producer of dried figs, saffron, grain, cotton, walnuts, almonds, 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.

Demographics

Language, ethnicity, and religion

The majority of the people of Estahban are

Persians Persians ( ), or the Persian people (), are an Iranian ethnic group from West Asia that came from an earlier group called the Proto-Iranians, which likely split from the Indo-Iranians in 1800 BCE from either Afghanistan or Central Asia. They ...

, and they speak

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with the Shirazi accent, not the Persian accent of

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. The majority in the city are

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Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 33,101 in 8,714 households. The following census in 2011 counted 34,639 people in 9,730 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 36,410 people in 10,970 households.

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

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and

Darab Darab () is a city in the Central District (Darab County), Central District of Darab County, Fars province, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. History Darab is one of the oldest cities in Iran, and ...

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.

Dried figs

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.

Notable people

Mohammad Reza Ale Ebrahim Mohammad Reza Ale Ebrahim (born 24 October 1951 in Estahban) is an Iranian writer, researcher and anthropologist. He has so far published more than 20 books on the culture, literature and the history of Estahban, a city in Fars province, Fars p ...

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 Qa ...

* Nezameddin Faghih

Notes

References

{{Estahban County, state=collapsed Populated places in Estahban County Cities in Fars province