Aspas
Persian: اسپاس
Village
Aspas is located in Iran
Aspas
Aspas
Coordinates: 30°38′33″N 52°23′58″E / 30.64250°N 52.39944°E / 30.64250; 52.39944[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceFars
CountyEqlid
DistrictSedeh
Rural DistrictAspas
Elevation
2,362 m (7,749 ft)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total2,016
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Aspas (Persian: اسپاس, also Romanized as Āspās and Āsopās; also known as Āsupās)[3] is a village in, and the capital of, Aspas Rural District of Sedeh District, Eqlid County, Fars province, Iran.[4]

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 2,069 in 481 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 2,006 people in 522 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,016 people in 568 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.[2]

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.[7]

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.[8]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (16 September 2023). "Aspas, Eqlid County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. Archived from the original (Excel) on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Aspas can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3053995" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ↑ Mousavi, Mirhossein (2 February 1366). "Creation and establishment of seven rural districts including villages, farms and places in Eqlid County under Fars province". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 07. Archived from the original (Excel) on 16 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. ↑ "Famous Historical Persian Women" Iran Politics Club
  8. ↑ Thomas Herbert. Travels in Persia: 1627-1629 Routledge, 10 okt. 2005 ISBN 1134285841 p 117
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