Torkan, Fars

Torkan
Torkan; تركان
	village
	Torkan
	Coordinates: 29°33′45″N52°37′40″E / 29.56250°N 52.62778°E Coordinates: 29°33′45″N52°37′40″E / 29.56250°N 52.62778°E
Country	Iran
Province	Fars
County	Shiraz
Bakhsh	Central
Rural District	Kaftarak
Population (2006)
• Total	2,685
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Last updated March 15, 2019

Torkan (Persian : تركان‎, also Romanized as Torkān; also known as Turkān)^[1] is a village in Kaftarak Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,685, in 726 families.^[2]

Persian, also known by its endonym Farsi, is one of the Western Iranian languages within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and some other regions which historically were Persianate societies and considered part of Greater Iran. It is written right to left in the Persian alphabet, a modified variant of the Arabic script.

Kaftarak Rural District is a rural district (dehestan) in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 32,436, in 8,287 families. The rural district has 17 villages.

The Central District of Shiraz County is a district (bakhsh) in Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,442,842, in 372,838 families. The District has two cities: Shiraz and Darian. The District has six rural districts (dehestan): Bid Zard Rural District, Darian Rural District, Derak Rural District, Kaftarak Rural District, Qarah Bagh Rural District, and Siyakh Darengun Rural District.

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References

↑ Torkan can be found at GEOnet Names Server , at this link , by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3087674" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.

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[1] Torkan can be found at GEOnet Names Server , at this link , by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3087674" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".

[2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.