Marvdasht

Marvdasht () is a city in the Central District of Marvdasht County, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

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Settlement.official_name: Marvdasht
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_caption: From top to bottom, left to right: Persepolis, Tomb of Darius the Great, Tange Bostanak, Cube of Zoroaster, Pol-e Khan
Settlement.pushpin_map: Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Fars
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Marvdasht
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Central
Settlement.population_as_of: 2016
Settlement.population_urban: 148858
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone: IRST
Settlement.utc_offset: +3:30

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Etymology
History
Demographics
Population
Geography
Higher education
Archaeology
Civilian casualties of 2025-26 Iranian protests in Marvdasht, Fars
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Marvdasht () is a city in the Central District of Marvdasht County, Fars province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

== Etymology == Some historians hold that Marvdasht was originally the name of one of the neighborhoods of the ancient city of Estakhr, until gradually the whole area was called Marvdasht. Others have argued that marv was the name of a plant which grew in the area and the suffix dasht (meaning plain in the Persian language) was added to form a descriptive placename.

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