Dowdej, Shiraz

Dowdej (Persian: دودج, also Romanized as Dūdej; also known as Dodej, Dūdeh, Duder, and Qal‘eh Dūdij)[1] is a village in Darian Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,480, in 355 families.[2]

Dowdej
دودج
village
Dowdej is located in Iran
Dowdej
Dowdej
Coordinates: 29°32′33″N 52°58′33″E
Country Iran
ProvinceFars
CountyShiraz
BakhshCentral
Rural DistrictDarian
Population
 (2006)
  Total1,480
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
  Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

According to Abdolmajid Arfaee, Dūdej is the same as the place called Dutaš mentioned in the Persepolis Administrative Archives of Darius I.[3] It is closely associated in the Persepolis tablets with the place called Uranduš, which Arfaee suggests may have been near present-day Dariyan.[3]

References

  1. Dowdej can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3061781" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  3. Arfaee, Abdolmajid (2008). The Geographical Background of the Persepolis Tablets. Chicago: University of Chicago. pp. 23, 35, 68.
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