Kuhbanan

Kuhbanan

Persian: كوهبنان
Kuhbanan Persian: كوهبنان
City
	Kuhbanan
	Coordinates: 31°24′36″N 56°16′57″E / 31.41000°N 56.28250°E
Country	Iran
Province	Kerman
County	Kuhbanan
District	Central
Population (2016)
• Total	10,761
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Kuhbanan (Persian: كوهبنان)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Kuhbanan County, Kerman province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4]

Etymology

The name Kūhbanān means "pistachio-tree mountain", from the Persian words kūh, meaning "mountain", and banān, which refers to the wild pistachio.^[5]

History

Kuhbanan was described by the 10th-century writer al-Muqaddasi as a small town with two gates. The town's jameh mosque was by one of these gates. Outside the walled part of the city was a suburban area, where there were bathhouses and caravanserais. Beyond this suburban area, Kuhbanan was surrounded by farms and orchards that extended as far as the foot of the nearby mountains.^[5]

Medieval Kuhbanan was renowned for its production of tutty, an impure oxide of zinc used as a salve for the eyes. As early as the 10th century, al-Muqaddasi listed tutty from Kuhbanan as one of the major exports of Kerman province. He wrote that it formed in finger-like "pipes", which were then purified by being roasted in long furnaces by the same mountainside where the ore was extracted. In the early 1200s, Yaqut al-Hamawi similarly described Kuhbanan, along with the nearby town of Behabad, as a major exporter of tutty. Marco Polo visited Kuhbinan, which he called Cobinan, in the 1300s, and provided a detailed description of the local tutty industry. Around the turn of the 20th century, the British traveler Percy Sykes witnessed the production of tutty in Kuhbanan; the process he described was essentially the same as that used hundreds of years earlier.^[5]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 10,112 in 2,623 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 11,093 people in 3,189 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 10,761 people in 3,296 households.^[2]

Notes

^ Also romanized as Kūh Banān, Kūhbanān, and Kūhbonān; also known as Koobanan and Kūh Baneh^[3]

References

^ OpenStreetMap contributors (7 December 2024). "Kuhbanan, Kuhbanan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 7 December 2024.
^ ^a ^b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kerman Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ Kuhbanan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3072278" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ Aref, Mohammada Reza (25 April 1400) [Approved 25 November 1383]. Divisional reforms and changes in Kerman province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 1.4.42.50870; Letter 58538/T26118H. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2024 – via Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
^ ^a ^b ^c Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. p. 309. OCLC 1044046.
^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kerman Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kerman Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.

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[4] Also romanized as Kūh Banān, Kūhbanān, and Kūhbonān; also known as Koobanan and Kūh Baneh^[3]

[1] OpenStreetMap contributors (7 December 2024). "Kuhbanan, Kuhbanan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 7 December 2024.

[2016_Kerman_Province-2] Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Kerman Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[3] Kuhbanan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3072278" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".

[Kuhbanan_County_Establishment-5] Aref, Mohammada Reza (25 April 1400) [Approved 25 November 1383]. Divisional reforms and changes in Kerman province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 1.4.42.50870; Letter 58538/T26118H. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2024 – via Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

[Le_Strange-6] Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. p. 309. OCLC 1044046.

[2006_Kerman_Province-7] Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Kerman Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2011_Kerman_Province-8] Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Kerman Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.

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