Fars Province

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administrative division province of Iran

Fars Province is a historically significant region in southwestern Iran, regarded as the cultural heartland of the Persian civilization and home to major ancient sites such as Persepolis and Pasargadae.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Fars Province canonical	50
Fars	23
Fars Province region	1
Fars Province, Iran	1
Fars region	1
Province of Fars	1

Statements (91)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ province of Iran ⓘ
agriculturalProduct	barley ⓘ citrus fruits ⓘ dates ⓘ grapes ⓘ pomegranates ⓘ wheat ⓘ
area	approximately 122608 square kilometres ⓘ
bordersProvince	Bushehr Province ⓘ Hormozgan Province ⓘ Isfahan region ⓘ surface form: Isfahan Province Kerman region ⓘ surface form: Kerman Province Khuzestan ⓘ surface form: Khuzestan Province Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province ⓘ Yazd Province ⓘ
capital	Shiraz, Iran ⓘ surface form: Shiraz
containsAncientSite	Bishapur ⓘ Firuzabad ⓘ surface form: Gur (Firuzabad ancient city) Naqsh-e Rajab ⓘ Naqsh-e Rostam ⓘ Pasargadae ⓘ Persepolis ⓘ Qalat-e Dokhtar ⓘ surface form: Qal'eh Dokhtar Sarvestan Palace ⓘ
containsCity	Abadeh ⓘ Arsanjan ⓘ Bavanat ⓘ Darab ⓘ Eqlid ⓘ Farashband ⓘ Fasa ⓘ Firuzabad ⓘ Gerash ⓘ Jahrom ⓘ Kavar ⓘ Kazerun ⓘ Kharameh ⓘ Kharameh ⓘ surface form: Kherameh Khonj ⓘ Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad border towns ⓘ Kuhchenar ⓘ Lamerd ⓘ Lar ⓘ Larestan ⓘ Mamasani ⓘ Marvdasht ⓘ Mohr ⓘ Neyriz ⓘ Pasargadae ⓘ surface form: Pasargad Qir and Karzin ⓘ Rostam ⓘ Sarvestan ⓘ Shiraz, Iran ⓘ surface form: Shiraz Zarqan ⓘ Zarrin Dasht ⓘ
containsCulturalSite	Eram Garden ⓘ Shah Cheragh Shrine ⓘ Tomb of Hafez ⓘ Tomb of Saadi ⓘ Vakil Bazaar ⓘ
containsEthnicGroup	Afshar tribe ⓘ surface form: Afshar Turks Arab minorities ⓘ Lurs ⓘ Persians ⓘ Qashqai ⓘ
containsMountainRange	Zagros Mountains ⓘ
containsWorldHeritageSite	Pasargadae ⓘ Persepolis ⓘ Shiraz (as part of Persian gardens sites) ⓘ
country	Iran ⓘ
dominantDenomination	Twelver Shia ⓘ surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
etymologyOf	name of Persia ⓘ
governedBy	Governor-general of Fars ⓘ
hasClimate	varied semi-arid to Mediterranean ⓘ
hasNumberOfCounties	over 30 ⓘ
historicallyCapitalOf	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ surface form: Achaemenid Empire (region of Pars) Sasanian Empire ⓘ surface form: Sasanian Empire (region of Pars)
historicalRegionOf	Persia ⓘ
knownFor	Persian cultural heritage ⓘ agriculture ⓘ historical monuments ⓘ poetry and literature ⓘ
languageMajority	Persian ⓘ
locatedIn	southwestern Iran ⓘ
majorReligion	Islam ⓘ
regardedAs	cultural heartland of Persian civilization ⓘ
subdivisionType	county ⓘ
timezone	IRST ⓘ
traditionalName	Pars ⓘ
utcOffset	+3:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (77)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Zagros Mountains → countrySubdivision → Fars Province ⓘ

Shiraz, Iran → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Shiraz, Iran → capitalOf → Fars Province ⓘ

Pasargadae → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Abu Sa'id Mirza → ruledRegion → Fars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fars

Qashqai → spokenIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Anshan → presentDayLocation → Fars Province ⓘ

Gate of All Nations → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Buyid dynasty → territoryIncludes → Fars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fars

Persepolis → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Persepolis terrace → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Apadana Palace → locatedInProvince → Fars Province ⓘ

Tomb of Hafez → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Luri language → region → Fars Province ⓘ

Pars → modernSuccessorRegion → Fars Province ⓘ

Lurs → region → Fars Province ⓘ

Mausoleum of Saadi in Shiraz → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Mausoleum of Saadi in Shiraz → region → Fars Province ⓘ

Persis → modernEquivalent → Fars Province ⓘ

Persis → predecessorTo → Fars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Province of Fars

Achomi language → spokenIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Shams-ud-Dīn → region → Fars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fars

Parsa → derivedEthnonym → Fars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fars

Parsa → modernSuccessorRegion → Fars Province ⓘ

Parsa → relatedTerm → Fars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fars

Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions → region → Fars Province ⓘ

Persepolis inscriptions → locatedInProvince → Fars Province ⓘ

Abu-Muhammad Muslih al-Din bin Abdallah Shirazi → birthPlace → Fars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fars

Luri → spokenInProvince → Fars Province ⓘ

southern Iran → hasPart → Fars Province ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Iran

Jahrom Campus → regionServed → Fars Province ⓘ

Muslim conquest of Persia → location → Fars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fars

the Báb → birthPlace → Fars Province ⓘ

Injuids → territorialCenter → Fars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fars

Muzaffarids → administrativeCenter → Fars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fars

City of Gardens → region → Fars Province ⓘ

Qur'an Gate → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Qur'an Gate → region → Fars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fars

Nasir al-Mulk Mosque → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Shah Cheragh Shrine → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Fars Province ⓘ

Vakil Bazaar → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Fars Province ⓘ

Arg of Karim Khan → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Eram Garden → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Afif-Abad Garden → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Qavam House → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Shiraz International Airport → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Shiraz International Airport → servesRegion → Fars Province ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fars Province region

Tomb of Saadi → locatedInProvince → Fars Province ⓘ

Vakil Mosque → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ

Delgosha Garden → locatedIn → Fars Province ⓘ