Ardakan County

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'''Ardakan County''' ({{langx|fa|شهرستان اردکان}}) is in Yazd province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Ardakan.<ref name="Yazd Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Yazd province centered on Yazd city|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113035|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218190847/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113035|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|archive-date=18 December 2023|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|date=c. 2023|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808-907; Notification 82828/T127K|access-date=18 December 2023}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 66,900 in 18,140 households.<ref name="2006 Yazd Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Yazd Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/21.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920085705/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/21.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 77,758 people in 21,186 households.<ref name="2011 Yazd Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Yazd Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Yazd.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120180437/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Yazd.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 97,960 in 28,216 households.<ref name="2016 Yazd Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Yazd Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_21.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118150108/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_21.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=18 November 2020}}</ref>

===Administrative divisions===

Ardakan County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

{| class="wikitable" |+ Ardakan County Population |- ! Administrative Divisions !! 2006<ref name="2006 Yazd Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Yazd Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Yazd Province"/> |- | '''Central District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''59,127''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''65,406''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''86,578''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Mohammadiyeh RD || style="text-align: right;"| 3,085 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,611 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,261 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Ahmadabad (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 4,693 || style="text-align: right;"| 5,019 || style="text-align: right;"| 6,046 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Ardakan (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 51,349 || style="text-align: right;"| 56,776 || style="text-align: right;"| 75,271 |- | '''Aqda District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''4,578''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''7,159''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''6,716''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Aqda RD || style="text-align: right;"| 1,469 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,798 || style="text-align: right;"| 3,221 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Narestan RD || style="text-align: right;"| 1,526 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,552 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,741 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Aqda (city) || style="text-align: right;"| 1,583 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,809 || style="text-align: right;"| 1,754 |- | '''Kharanaq District''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''3,195''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''5,193''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''4,666''' |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Robatat RD || style="text-align: right;"| 2,329 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,431 || style="text-align: right;"| 4,113 |- | style="padding-left: 1em;" | Zarrin RD || style="text-align: right;"| 866 || style="text-align: right;"| 762 || style="text-align: right;"| 553 |- | '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''66,900''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''77,758''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''97,960''' |- | colspan=4 | {{small|RD {{=}} Rural District}} |}

==Notable people== Mohammad Khatami (Former president of Iran) was born in Ardakan.

==See also== {{Commons-inline}}

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Category:Ardakan County

Category:Counties of Yazd province