Manujan

{{Short description|City in Kerman province, Iran}}

{{for|the administrative division of Kerman province|Manujan County}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|subdivision_name1 = Kerman

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|subdivision_name2 = Manujan

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Manujan ({{langx|fa|منوجان}}){{efn|Also romanized as Manūjān; also known as Qal‘eh-ye Manūjān (Fort Manujan); formerly Posht Qalāt{{GEOnet3|-3073985}}}} is a city in the Central District of Manujan County, Kerman province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.{{cite report|title=Divisional reforms in Kerman province (Manujan County, Geshmiran Rural District)|language=fa|website=qavanin.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/104085|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417012304/https://qavanin.ir/Law/TreeText/104085|publisher=Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the State Council|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=17 April 2023|date=c. 2023|orig-date=Approved 25 July 1381|id=Proposal 11/42/4/1|access-date=1 February 2024}} It is also the administrative center for Qaleh Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 15 rural districts including villages, fields and places in Kahnuj County under Kerman province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108033|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026223053/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108033|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|archive-date=26 October 2019|date=5 November 2018|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1365|id=Proposal 11812; Notification 116180/T856|access-date=31 January 2024}} The village of Manujan was elevated to the status of a city in 1996.{{cite report|title=Conversion of Manujan village, Kahnuj County, Kerman province, into a city|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/117030|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207200755/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/117030|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=7 December 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 13 March 1375|id=Proposal 1.42.7573; Letter 93808/T907; Notification 3372/T15828K|access-date=7 December 2024}}