Ardakan (also Romanized as Ardakān and Ardekān) is a city in and the capital of Ardakan County, Yazd Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 51,349, in 13,730 families. Ardakan is the second major city of Yazd Province. It was established in the 12th century in the Zardug region (...) (from Wikipedia)