Sirjan

Sirjan (Persian: سيرجان, romanized: Sirjân [siːɾˈdʒɒːn], also Romanized as Sīrjān; formerly Sa‘īdābād)[3] is a city in the Central District of Sirjan County, Kerman province, in the south of Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] The city is 960 km (600 mi) from the Iranian capital of Tehran, and 175 km (109 mi) from the provincial capital of Kerman. It is known for its pistachios, Kilim and its wind towers, locally known as Bādgir-e Chopoqi (calumet louver).[citation needed] At the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 167,014 in 40,605 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 185,623 people in 51,088 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 199,704 people in 58,756 households.[2]