Meymand, Kerman

For the administrative division, see Meymand Rural District. For other places with the same name, see Meymand.

Meymand (Persian: ميمند)^{[lower-alpha 1]} is a village in, and the capital of, Meymand Rural District of the Central District of Shahr-e Babak County, Kerman province, Iran.^[3]

Meymand Persian: ميمند
Village
Meymand
Coordinates: 30°13′46″N 55°22′32″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Kerman
County	Shahr-e Babak
District	Central
Rural District	Meymand
Population  (2016)
• Total	105
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Cultural Landscape of Maymand
Criteria	Cultural: (v)
Reference	1423rev
Inscription	2015 (39th Session)
Area	4,953.85 ha (12,241.2 acres)
Buffer zone	7,024.65 ha (17,358.3 acres)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 674 in 181 households.^[4] The following census in 2011 counted 214 people in 74 households.^[5] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 105 people in 44 households.^[6]

Overview

Regarding the origin of these structures,^{[clarification needed]} two theories have been suggested:^[7]

Living conditions in Meymhand are harsh due to the aridity of the land and to high temperatures in summers and very cold winters.^{[citation needed]} The local language contains many words from the ancient Sassanid and Pahlavi languages.^{[8][clarification needed]}

In 2005, Meymand was awarded the UNESCO-Green Melina Mercouri International Prize for the Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes (about $20,000).^[9]

On 4 July 2015, the village was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list.^[10]

See also

Media related to Maymand at Wikimedia Commons

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Maimand, Maymand, and Meimand^[2]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (9 July 2023). "Meymand, Shahr-e Babak County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 9 July 2023.
2. Meymand can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3074825" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
3. Mousavi, Mirhossein (18 May 1366). "Creation and formation of nine rural districts including villages, farms and places in Shahr-e Babak County under Kerman province". Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
4. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
5. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
6. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
7. Siamak Hashemi, 2013, The Magnificence of Civilization in Depths of Ground (A Review of Underground Structures in Iran – Past to Present), Shadrang Printing and Publishing Co., Tehran.
8. http://www.keacheh.blogfa.com/cat-8.aspxمیمنـــد
9. "World Heritage Centre -".
10. "Sites in China, Iran, Mongolia and Singapore inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List".