Jandaq

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'''Jandaq''' ({{langx|fa|جندق}}){{efn|Also romanized as '''Jondaq'''; also known as '''Djandak''' and '''Jandak'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3067698}}</ref>}} is a city in the Central District of Khur and Biabanak County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Jandaq Rural District.<ref name="Nain County Rural Districts"> {{cite web |first=Mir-Hossein |last=Mousavi |author-link=Mir-Hossein Mousavi |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 1366.4.10 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=1 July 1987  |script-title=fa:‌ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 7 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان نایین تابع استان اصفهان |trans-title=‌Creation and formation of seven rural districts including villages, farms and places in Nain County under Isfahan province |url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110248 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002053643/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110248 |archive-date=2 October 2015 |access-date=24 May 2026 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران}} [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|هیات وزیران}} [Council of Ministers] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|پیشنهاد شماره}} [Proposal No.] 35.1.5.53.}}</ref>

The monuments of Jandaq include Jandaq Castle (or Fortress of Ardbil), which seems to date back to the Sasanian Empire, and which is known as the prison of Khosrow Anushirvān. <ref>M. Badanj, Encyclopaedia Iranica[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/jandaq]</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 3,958 in 1,162 households, when it was in the former Khur and Biabanak District of Nain County.<ref name="2006 Isfahan Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان اصفهان |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2006: Isfahan Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/10.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083455/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/10.xls |archive-date=20 September 2011 |format=Excel |access-date=25 September 2022}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 4,472 people in 1,319 households,<ref name="2011 Isfahan Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان اصفهان |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2011: Isfahan Province |language=fa |website=Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University |url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Esfahan.xls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117221845/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Esfahan.xls |archive-date=17 January 2023 |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |format=Excel |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref> by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khur and Biabanak County. The city and the rural district were transferred to the new Central District.<ref name="Khur and Biabanak County Establishment"> {{cite web |first=Mahmoud |last=Ahmadinejad |author-link=Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |orig-date={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|تاریخ تصویب}} (Approval date) 31/3/1388 (Iranian Jalali calendar) |date=21 June 2009  |script-title=fa:تصویب نامه در خصوص تأسیس شهرستان خور، بیابانک به مرکزیت شهر خور در تابعیت استان اصفهان |trans-title=‌Approval regarding the establishment of Khur and Biabanak County with the city of Khur as its center under the jurisdiction of Isfahan province |url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135875 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122004625/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135875 |archive-date=22 January 2025 |access-date=24 May 2026 |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|لام تا کام}} [Lam ta Kam] |publisher={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|‌وزارت کشور}} [Ministry of the Interior] |agency={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|هیات وزیران}} [Council of Ministers] |language=fa |id={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|شناسه}} [ID] 6CC61E26-2226-447D-8412-0C0FCB3BB8C5.}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 4,665 people in 1,477 households.<ref name="2016 Isfahan Province"> {{cite web |script-title=fa:سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان اصفهان |trans-title=General Population and Housing Census 2016: Isfahan Province |language=fa |website={{lang|fa|rtl=yes|مرکز آمار ایران}} [Statistical Centre of Iran] |url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_10.xlsx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019041954/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_10.xlsx |archive-date=19 October 2020 |format=Excel |access-date=19 December 2022}}</ref>

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

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Category:Cities in Isfahan province

Category:Populated places in Khur and Biabanak County