Arad, Iran Explained

Arad
Native Name:Persian: ارد
Native Name Lang:fa
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Fars
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Gerash
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Arad
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:5094
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30

Arad (Persian: ارد) is a city in, and the capital of, Arad District of Gerash County, Fars province, Iran.[2] It also serves as the administrative center for Arad Rural District.[3]

The outskirts of the city include many farming areas and dry open land. Arad is enclosed by two large mountains running parallel to the city. This makes travel to the city difficult. There is one two sided paved road running from a two-way split further down the road. This highway runs both east and west to large cities such as Jahrom, Qom, Firouzabad, Shiraz, Lar, Evaz, Gerash, and continues all the way South to the port city of Bandar Abbas.

Demographics

Ethnicity and religion

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Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Arad's population was 5,264 in 1,181 households, when it was a village in Arad Rural District of the former Gerash District of Larestan County.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 5,574 people in 1,623 households,[5] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Gerash County. The rural district was transferred to the new Arad District.[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 5,094 people in 1,502 households.[6]

After the census, Arad was elevated to the status of a city.[7]

Economy and infrastructure

Arad has a few markets where citizens may purchase fruits, vegetables, food, meats, bread, and other household items. The city also sports a lone gas station just outside the city. Many of the working population either work in a larger city/province, work in the farms, shops, or transport goods for a living. Most of the housing in the city is pre-modern clay and sand hardened structures. Newer buildings are made from bright white marble tile. The town is governed by a single Police/Military station/office.

Arad has three major mosques located around the city, one of which was built just recently and is openly televised on the main Fars news network. The city also includes four smaller mosques dispersed around the town.

Transportation includes Iran's older model Paykan automobiles, Peugeot 206, motorcycles, Nissian S24 'Saipa', L90, and the harder to spot Samand Sedan.

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Arad, Gerash County . . 19 September 2023 . 19 September 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: The Council of Ministers approved the creation of Gerash city on 11 February 2008 . fa . Gerishna . https://web.archive.org/web/20231115194313/https://new.gerishna.com/97394 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Rahimi . Mohammad Reza . 15 November 2023 . 15 November 2023.
  3. Web site: Creation and formation of 22 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Lar County under Fars province . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20231208154300/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/109310 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Mousavi . Mirhossein . 26 March 1365 . 8 December 2023 . 8 December 2023.
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 07 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920091830/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/07.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 07 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202002/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Fars.xls . 16 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 07 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220406013432/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_07.xlsx . Excel . 6 April 2022.
  7. Web site: The second municipality of Gerash County was opened in Ard District . fa . Gerishna . https://web.archive.org/web/20180827195221/https://gerishna.com/archives/83250 . 27 August 2018 . 8 December 2023.