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Sedeh () is a city in, and the capital of, Sedeh District of
Eqlid County Eqlid County () is in Fars province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Eqlid. History After the 2006 National Census, Khosrow Shirin Rural District was separated from the county to join Abadeh County. The village of Eslamiyeh was elevate ...
, Fars province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Sedeh Rural District.


Demographics


Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,572 in 1,321 households. The following census in 2011 counted 6,137 people in 1,629 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 6,747 people in 1,923 households.


Geography

Sedeh is about north-to-northwest of
Shiraz Shiraz (; ) is the List of largest cities of Iran, fifth-most-populous city of Iran and the capital of Fars province, which has been historically known as Pars (Sasanian province), Pars () and Persis. As of the 2016 national census, the popu ...
. The city is on the historical route taken by
Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...
in 331 BC between the
Persian Gates Persian Gate or the Susian Gate was an ancient name of the pass now known as Tang-e Meyran, connecting Yasuj with Sedeh Eghlid to the east, crossing the border of the modern Kohgiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad and Fars provinces of Iran, passing south of ...
and
Persepolis Persepolis (; ; ) was the ceremonial capital of the Achaemenid Empire (). It is situated in the plains of Marvdasht, encircled by the southern Zagros mountains, Fars province of Iran. It is one of the key Iranian cultural heritage sites and ...
.


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Cities in Fars province Populated places in Eqlid County {{Eqlid-geo-stub