Madar-e Soleyman
Persian: مادر سليمان | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 30°11′28″N 53°10′31″E / 30.19111°N 53.17528°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Fars |
County | Pasargad |
District | Pasargad |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 1,546 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
Madar-e Soleyman (Persian: مادرسليمان, also Romanized as Mādar Soleymān and Mādar-e Soleymān; also known as Mādar-i-Sulaimān, Takht-e Mādar-e Soleymān, Takht-e Mādar-e Soleymān, Takht-e Soleymān, Takht-e Soleymān, Takht Mādar-i-Sulaimān, and Takht Mādar-i-Sulaimān)[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Pasargad District of Pasargad County, Fars province, Iran, and also serves as the administrative center for Madar-e Soleyman Rural District.[4] The name means "mother of Solomon," the Biblical Bathsheba, from the tomb historically reputed to belong to her (known as the Tomb of Cyrus in modern times).[citation needed]
At the 2006 census, its population was 1,633 in 404 households, when it was a village in Madar-e Soleyman Rural District.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 1,822 people in 513 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,546 people in 452 households,[2] by which time the village had been elevated to the status of a city.[7]