Madar-e-Soleyman () is a city in, and the capital of,
Pasargad District of
Pasargad County,
Fars province,
Iran
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. It also serves as the administrative center for
Madar-e Soleyman Rural District.
The name means "mother of Solomon," the Biblical
Bathsheba
Bathsheba (; , ) was an Kings of Israel and Judah, Israelite queen consort. According to the Hebrew Bible, she was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, with whom she had all of her five children. Her status as the mother of Solomon ...
, from the tomb historically reputed to belong to her (known as the
Tomb of Cyrus
The tomb of Cyrus the Great is located in Pasargadae, which was the first capital city of his Achaemenid Empire and is now an archaeological site in the Fars Province of Iran. Prior to being identified with Cyrus the Great by the British diplom ...
in modern times).
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, Madar-e Soleyman's population was 1,633 in 404 households, when it was a village in Madar-e Soleyman Rural District.
The following census in 2011 counted 1,822 people in 513 households.
The 2016 census measured the population as 1,546 people in 452 households,
by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city.
See also
Notes
References
Cities in Fars province
Populated places in Pasargad County
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