Place:Rafsanjan, Kerman, Iran

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NameRafsanjan
Alt namesRafsanjānsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity
Coordinates30.417°N 56.0°E
Located inKerman, Iran
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Rafsanjan (also Romanized as Rafsanjān and Rafsinjān; also known as Bahrāmābād) is a city and capital of Rafsanjan County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 136,388, in 33,489 families. Rafsanjan is the biggest producer of pistachios in the world. Also one of the biggest copper mines in the world is located there too. In addition the biggest and oldest house of the world is located there. Many famous people were born in Rafsanjan: Mirza Reza Kermani, Ali Akbar Hashemi, Adel Ferdosipour etc.

It is Iran's center of pistachio cultivation. It had an estimated population of 134,848 in 2005.

Rafsanjan is also a major center of carpet production even though the rugs are sold as Kermani rugs rather than Rafsanjani ones. Another large employer is the nearby Sarcheshmeh copper mines.

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