Meymand, Kerman

Village in Kerman province, Iran

Village in Kerman, Iran
Meymand
Persian: ميمند
Village
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official nameCultural Landscape of Maymand
CriteriaCultural: (v)
Reference1423rev
Inscription2015 (39th Session)
Area4,953.85 ha (12,241.2 acres)
Buffer zone7,024.65 ha (17,358.3 acres)

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

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 674 in 181 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 214 people in 74 households.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 105 people in 44 households.[6]

Regarding the origin of these structures 2 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]

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Notes

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

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (9 July 2023). "Meymand, Shahr-e Babak County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. 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".


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