The earliest reference to the city is on Elamite clay tablets dated to 2000 BCE, found in June 1970, while digging to make a kiln for a brick factory in the south western corner of the city. The tablets written in ancient See more

The city of Shiraz, the capital of Fars province, is located at 52 degrees 32 minutes east longitude and 29 degrees 36 minutes north latitude, and is 919 kilometers from Tehran. In the first official census of Iran in 1335, the city of Shiraz with a population of … See more

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 1,204,882 in 265,637 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,460,665 people in 416,141 households. The … See more

The city is one of the key tourism sites in Iran, its cultural heritage is of global importance.
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Pre-Islamic era
Though, there is no definitive record of its existence prior to the late 7th century CE, few archaeological finds dating from 1933 and beyond … See more

Shiraz is the economic center of southern Iran. The second half of the 19th century witnessed certain economic developments that greatly changed the economy of Shiraz. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 allowed the extensive import into southern Iran of … See more

Shiraz is known as the city of poets, gardens, wine, nightingales and flowers.
The garden is an important part of Iranian culture. There are … See more