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'''Bafq''' ({{langx|fa|بافق}}){{efn|Also romanised as '''Bāfq'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3054457}}</ref>}} is a city in the Central District of Bafq County, Yazd province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.<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> The record high temperature of {{Convert|49.3|C|F|abbr=on}} was registered on 25 July 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Jeff|last2=Henson |first2=Bob |date=12 August 2025 |title=July keeps the torrid pace going in one of Earth’s hottest years on record |url=https://yaleclimateconnections.org/2025/08/july-keeps-the-torrid-pace-going-in-one-of-earths-hottest-years-on-record/ |website=yaleclimateconnections.org/ |location=New Haven |publisher=Yale School of the Environment |access-date=1 January 2026}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 30,867 in 7,919 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 33,882 people in 9,895 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 city as 45,453 people in 13,454 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>

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

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Category:Cities in Yazd province

Category:Populated places in Bafq County