Aspas, Fars

{{Short description|Village in Fars province, Iran}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Aspas |native_name = {{langx|fa|اسپاس}} |native_name_lang = fa |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_alt = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_alt = |image_seal = |seal_alt = |image_shield = |shield_alt = |etymology = |nickname = |motto = |image_map = |map_alt = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Iran |pushpin_map_alt = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_label_position = |coordinates = {{Coord|30|38|33|N|52|23|58|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=30.6425&mlon=52.399444&zoom=15#map=15/30.64250/52.39944|website=OpenStreetMap |title=Aspas, Eqlid County|date=1 October 2024|access-date=1 October 2024|lang=fa}}</ref> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Iran |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Fars |subdivision_type2 = County |subdivision_name2 = Eqlid |subdivision_type3 = District |subdivision_name3 = Sedeh |subdivision_type4 = Rural District |subdivision_name4 = Aspas |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |unit_pref = Metric   |area_footnotes =  |area_total_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 2362 |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Fars Province"/> |population_as_of = 2016 |population_total = 2016 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone = IRST |utc_offset = +3:30 |postal_code = |area_code = |website =  |module = |footnotes = }}

'''Aspas''' ({{langx|fa|اسپاس}}){{efn|Also romanized as '''Āsopās''' and '''Āspās'''; also known as '''Āsupās'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3053995|Aspas}}</ref>}} is a village in, and the capital of, Aspas Rural District of Sedeh District, Eqlid County, Fars province, Iran.<ref name="Eqlid County Rural Districts">{{cite report|title=Creation and establishment of seven rural districts including villages, farms and places in Eqlid County under Fars province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110090|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207162909/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110090|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|date=c. 2023|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=7 December 2023|id=Proposal 11370.1.5.53; Notification 110446/T266|access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,069 in 481 households.<ref name="2006 Fars Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Fars 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/07.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920091830/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/07.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 2,006 people in 522 households.<ref name="2011 Fars Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Fars 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/Fars.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230116202002/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Fars.xls|archive-date=16 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,016 people in 568 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.<ref name="2016 Fars Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Fars 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_07.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220406013432/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_07.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=6 April 2022}}</ref>

==Geography== Aspas is in the Zagros mountain range at an altitude of 2362 m. It lies in the foothills above the Balengan valley between the Palangi range and the Abedīn range. Aspas means ''Strong Guard'' in Persian, and the village may have been named in honor of Aspas (Aspasia), the daughter of Artaxerxes II of Persia, who was also the commander of his secret police.<ref>[https://iranpoliticsclub.net/history/historical-women/index.htm#Aspas "Famous Historical Persian Women" Iran Politics Club]</ref>

==In literature== According to Thomas Herbert, who was in Safavid Iran in the first half of the 17th century, Aspas was inhabited by some 40,000 transplanted Christian Circassians and Georgians.<ref>Thomas Herbert. [https://books.google.com/books?id=w41SZ-nZ8ccC&dq=circassians+asupas+herbet&pg=PA117 ''Travels in Persia: 1627-1629''] Routledge, 10 okt. 2005 {{ISBN|1134285841}} p 117</ref>

==See also== {{Portal-inline|Iran}} {{clear}}

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==External links== * [http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/jog/iran/txu-oclc-58750648-nh39-7.jpg Map NH 39-7 Ardakan, Iran, Series 1501, Joint Operations Graphic (Air) 1:250,000, U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency] 1st ed. reprinted May 2002.

Category:Populated places in Eqlid County