خرانق
( Kharanaq )Kharanaq (Persian: خرانق), also Romanized as Kharānaq, Kharāneq, and Kharānoq; also known as Khowrāneq ("land of sun"), Khurūnaq or Kharanagh, is a village of Iran 70 km north of the city of Yazd in Rabatat Rural District of Kharanaq District, Ardakan County, Yazd province. It serves as the capital of both the district and the rural district.
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 433 in 133 households. The following census in 2011 counted 251 people in 80 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 437 people in 125 households.
The town and its minaret have become a minor tourist attraction. Kharanaq, which was known as a world and historical village, was introduced as the 23rd city of Yazd province on July 6, 2020. This 4500-year-old city is surrounded by mountains on one side and desert from the other. Many buildings in Kharanaq/ Kharanagh are completely collaps...Read more
Kharanaq (Persian: خرانق), also Romanized as Kharānaq, Kharāneq, and Kharānoq; also known as Khowrāneq ("land of sun"), Khurūnaq or Kharanagh, is a village of Iran 70 km north of the city of Yazd in Rabatat Rural District of Kharanaq District, Ardakan County, Yazd province. It serves as the capital of both the district and the rural district.
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 433 in 133 households. The following census in 2011 counted 251 people in 80 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 437 people in 125 households.
The town and its minaret have become a minor tourist attraction. Kharanaq, which was known as a world and historical village, was introduced as the 23rd city of Yazd province on July 6, 2020. This 4500-year-old city is surrounded by mountains on one side and desert from the other. Many buildings in Kharanaq/ Kharanagh are completely collapsed and ramshackle, but among them, the remaining mosque from the Qajar period, a shaking minaret from 17th and the caravanserai of the city have been reconstructed and can be visited.
Kharanaq means 'place of birth of the sun' and has been continuously inhabited for 4,500 years. It divides into two parts; the Old Town, with its collection of mud brick buildings and a caravanserai, and the New Town, where more than 400 people continue to live. Kharanaq was prosperous in farming, but with the water supply drying up, the inhabitants left, leaving the old town in ruin.
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