Sarvestan
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Sarvestan is a city in and the capital of Sarvestan County
, Fars Province, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 16,846, in 4,094 families.
It is located 80 kilometres (49.7 mi) southeast of Shiraz
, the capital of Fars province.
Majority of people in Sarvestan are Persians. Many tropical and sub tropical plants are grown in Sarvestan (i.e. Wheat
, Pistachios, Olive
).Also the yoghurt
of sarvestan is very famous.
(Kakhe Sasan) is located in south east of the city 90Km from Shiraz
, experts believe the monument was constructed during the Sasanid dynastic era (224-651 A.D), and it was a either governing palace or Zoroastrian temple, probably a fire temple. The monument was registered in Iran’s National Heritage list in 1956 but sadly the site in danger as the result of unprofessional restorations. Sarvestan is the birth place of Sheikh Yusef Sarvestani, who was a moralist.
There are two major universities in the city:
Sarvestan County
Sarvestan County is a county in Fars Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Sarvestan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 34,452, in 8,308 families. The county has one city: Sarvestan....
, Fars Province, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 16,846, in 4,094 families.
It is located 80 kilometres (49.7 mi) southeast of Shiraz
Shiraz, Iran
Shiraz is the sixth most populous city in Iran and is the capital of Fars Province, the city's 2009 population was 1,455,073. Shiraz is located in the southwest of Iran on the Roodkhaneye Khoshk seasonal river...
, the capital of Fars province.
Majority of people in Sarvestan are Persians. Many tropical and sub tropical plants are grown in Sarvestan (i.e. Wheat
Wheat
Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2007 world production of wheat was 607 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize and rice...
, Pistachios, Olive
Olive
The olive , Olea europaea), is a species of a small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to the coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean Basin as well as northern Iran at the south end of the Caspian Sea.Its fruit, also called the olive, is of major agricultural importance in the...
).Also the yoghurt
Yoghurt
Yoghurt, yogurt or yogourt is a dairy product produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. The bacteria used to make yoghurt are known as "yoghurt cultures"...
of sarvestan is very famous.
History
Sarvestan's history goes back some 2600 years when the Achaemenids established the Persian Empire. The Sassanid monument of Sasanids' PalaceSarvestan Palace
The Sassanid Palace at Sarvestan is a Sassanid-era building in the Iranian province of Sarvestan, some 90 km southeast from the city of Shiraz. The palace was built in the 5th century AD, and was either a gubernatorial residence or a Zoroastrian fire temple.-History:The Sarvestan Palace was built...
(Kakhe Sasan) is located in south east of the city 90Km from Shiraz
Shiraz
Shiraz may refer to:* Shiraz, Iran, a city in Iran* Shiraz County, an administrative subdivision of Iran* Vosketap, Armenia, formerly called ShirazPeople:* Hovhannes Shiraz, Armenian poet* Ara Shiraz, Armenian sculptor...
, experts believe the monument was constructed during the Sasanid dynastic era (224-651 A.D), and it was a either governing palace or Zoroastrian temple, probably a fire temple. The monument was registered in Iran’s National Heritage list in 1956 but sadly the site in danger as the result of unprofessional restorations. Sarvestan is the birth place of Sheikh Yusef Sarvestani, who was a moralist.
Colleges and universities
Based on public census in 2006,about 76% of sarvestanis are literate and 10.5% have academic educations.There are two major universities in the city: