Editing Jiroft (section)

{{Short description|City in Kerman province, Iran}}

{{for multi|the administrative division|Jiroft County|the university|Jiroft University|the culture|Jiroft culture}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}

{{Infobox settlement
|official_name         = Jiroft
|native_name           = {{langx|fa|جیرفت}}
|settlement_type       = City
|image_skyline         =IMaryan20190409 174513.jpg
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|pushpin_relief          =yes
|pushpin_map           = Iran
|mapsize               = 150px
|subdivision_type      = Country
|subdivision_name  = [[Iran]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]]
|subdivision_name1       = [[Kerman province|Kerman]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Iran|County]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Jiroft County|Jiroft]]
|subdivision_type3 = [[Bakhsh|District]]
|subdivision_name3 = [[Central District (Jiroft County)|Central]]
|leader_title           =Mayor 
|leader_name            =Hadi Rabbani 
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|area_total_km2         = 
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|population_as_of       = 2016
|population_footnotes    = <ref name="2016 Kerman Province"/>
|population_urban       = 130429
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|population_density_km2   =auto
|timezone               = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]]
|utc_offset             = +3:30
|coordinates            = {{coord|28|40|47|N|57|44|41|E|dim:4km|display=inline,title}}
|coordinates_footnotes   = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=28.679722&mlon=57.744722&zoom=13#map=13/28.67972/57.74472|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Jiroft, Jiroft County|date=6 December 2024|access-date=6 December 2024|lang=fa}}</ref>
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'''Jiroft''' ({{langx|fa|جیرفت}}; {{IPA|fa|dʒiːˈɾoft|}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Jīroft'''; formerly, '''Sabzāwārān''', '''Sabzevārān''', '''Sabzevārān-e Jiroft''', and '''Sabzvārān'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3068011}}</ref>}} is a city in the [[Central District (Jiroft County)|Central District]] of [[Jiroft County]], [[Kerman province|Kerman]] province, [[Iran]], serving as capital of both the county and the district.<ref name="Kerman Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Kerman province, centered in the city of Kerman|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113033|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240130210435/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113033|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=30 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 907-93808; Notification 82812/T139K|access-date=30 January 2024}}</ref> It is {{convert|230|km|mi}} south of the city of [[Kerman]], and {{convert|1375|km|mi}} south of [[Tehran]] along [[Road 91 (Iran)|Road 91]].

In the past it was also called Sabzevaran, and on account of its being very fertile land it is famous as Hend-e-Koochak (the little India). The [[early Bronze Age]] civilization found in Jiroft County is one of the oldest human civilizations (according to some, the oldest)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lawler |first=Andrew |title=Middle Asia Takes Center Stage |year=2007 |journal=Science |volume=317 |issue=5838 |pages=586–590 |doi=10.1126/science.317.5838.586 }}</ref> and the script found there may antedate the cuneiform discovered in Mesopotamia.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Moqaddam |first=Azhideh |year=2007 |title=Ancient Geometry: Writing Systems, Art, Mathematics |publisher=Bradshaw Foundation |url=https://bradshawfoundation.com/middle_east/ancient_geometry/Ancient%20Geometry%20Azhideh%20Moqaddam.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Desset |first=François |year=2014 |title=A New Writing System Discovered In 3rd Millennium BCE Iran: The Konar Sandal 'Geometric' Tablets |journal=Iranica Antiqua |volume=49 |pages=83–109 |doi=10.2143/IA.49.0.3009239 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Lawler |first=Andrew |year=2007 |title=Ancient Writing or Modern Fakery? |journal=Science |volume=317 |issue=5838 |pages=588–589 |doi=10.1126/science.317.5838.588 |pmid=17673632}}</ref>