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Kharanaq
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Kharanaq () is a village in Robatat Rural District of Kharanaq District, Ardakan County, Yazd province, serving as capital of both the district and the rural district. Kharanaq is 70 km north of the city of Yazd.

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Place details

Locality
خرانق
Region
استان یزد
Country
ایران
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Kharanaq
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
Settlement.image_skyline
File:The_mud_village_of_Kharanaq,_Iran.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map
Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_name
Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Yazd
Settlement.subdivision_type2
County
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Ardakan
Settlement.subdivision_type3
District
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Kharanaq
Settlement.subdivision_type4
Rural District
Settlement.subdivision_name4
Robatat
Settlement.population_as_of
2016
Settlement.population_total
437
Settlement.population_density_km2
auto
Settlement.timezone
IRST

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Official name
خرانق
Country
Iran
Population
437
Elevation
1775
Image
عکس هوایی خرانق.jpg
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Commons category
Kharanaq
mountain range
Central Iranian Range

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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Demographics
  • Population
  • Historical monuments
  • Castle of Kharanaq
  • Bridge of Kharanaq
  • Shaking Minaret
  • Kharanaq caravanserai
  • Kharanaq bath
  • Kharanaq’s mosque and hoseyniyeh
  • See also
  • Notes
  • References

Kharanaq () is a village in Robatat Rural District of Kharanaq District, Ardakan County, Yazd province, serving as capital of both the district and the rural district. Kharanaq is 70 km north of the city of Yazd.

== History == Kharanaq means "birthplace of the sun" and has been continuously inhabited for 4,500 years. It is divided into two parts; the Old Town, with its collection of mud brick buildings and a caravanserai, and the New Town, where more than 400 people continue to live. Kharanaq was prosperous in farming, but with the water supply drying up, the inhabitants left, leaving the old town in ruin.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kharanaq” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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