Fordo

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Fordo ({{langx|fa|فردو}}; {{IPA|fa|foɾˈdow}} or {{IPA|fa|foɾˈdo|}}){{efn|Also romanized as Fordow{{GEOnet3|-3062691|Fordo}}}} is a village in, and the former capital of, Fordo Rural District{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of nine rural districts including villages, farms and places in Qom County under Tehran province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110082|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240109143329/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110082|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|id=Proposal 11955.1.5.53|archive-date=9 January 2024|access-date=9 January 2024}} of Fordo District, Kahak County, Qom province, Iran, serving as capital of the district. The capital of the rural district has been transferred to the village of Dastgerd.{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding the national divisions of Kahak District in Qom province|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://www.qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/292723|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019105917/https://www.qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/292723|archive-date=19 October 2022|date=c. 2022|orig-date=Approved 15 February 1400|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|id=Proposal 206826|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|access-date=12 May 2023}} It is near the Shia holy city of Qom.[http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/09/28/world/1247464880798/iran-the-nuclear-question.html?ref=middleeast Iran: The Nuclear Question], The New York Times[http://www.bbc.co.uk/persian/iran/2010/11/101123_u01_iaea-iran.shtml آژانس: نمی‌توانیم صلح‌آمیز بودن برنامه اتمی ایران را تائید کنیم], BBC Persian

Demographics

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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 732 in 230 households, when it was in Nofel Loshato District{{efn|Renamed Kahak District{{cite report|title=Approval regarding national divisions in the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Isfahan, Bushehr, Sistan and Baluchestan, Fars, Qom, Lorestan, Mazandaran|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/آخرین-مصوبات-هیئت-دولت-دهه-سوم-اسفند/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629112137/https://sdil.ac.ir/آخرین-مصوبات-هیئت-دولت-دهه-سوم-اسفند/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=29 June 2019|orig-date=Approved 22 December 1397|id=Proposal 158389; Notification 175033/T56016H|date=14 April 2019|access-date=29 January 2025}} and again renamed the Central District of Kahak County}} of Qom County.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Qom Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/25.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083730/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/25.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 667 people in 227 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Qom Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Qom.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120002334/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Qom.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 839 people in 303 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Qom Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_25.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111121233/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_25.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=11 January 2021}}

After the census, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Kahak County and renamed the Central District. The rural district was transferred to the new Fordo District.

Overview

Fordu, Fordo, Furdu or Fardu a village with more than 100 houses. Headwaters of the Furdu river. Kuhistan subdivision of Qom. Fordo is 26 miles to the south of Qom. Fordo is situated in a deep glen between Hasan Aqa and Furdu peaks. Fordo's sheep are celebrated for their milk.

The village of Fordo is believed to have the largest percentage of fighters killed in the Iran–Iraq War,[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/oct/25/un-secret-uranium-enrichment-facility-iran UN inspectors visit uranium enrichment facility in Iran], The Guardian lasting from September 1980 to August 1988.

In September 2009, it was revealed that Iran had a second uranium enrichment plant near the village of Fordo.[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/oct/29/mahmoud-ahmadinejad-iran-nuclear-programme?INTCMP=SRCH Iran ready to co-operate on nuclear programme, says Ahmadinejad], The Guardian

Notable people

The late Iranian actor and film director Fathali Oveisi was born in the village.

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References

Category:Populated places in Kahak County