Meshkan

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

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Meshkan ({{langx|fa|مشكان}}){{efn|Also romanized as Meshkān and Moshkān; also known as Mishkūn and Moshgān{{GEOnet3|-3075869}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Meshkan District{{efn|Formerly Poshtkuh District{{cite web|title=Meshkan|language=fa|website=farsirib.ir|via=Fars Center Radio and Television|url=http://farsirib.ir/media/5164/مشکان|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008223803/http://farsirib.ir/media/5164/مشکان|archive-date=8 October 2024|access-date=8 October 2024|date=5 April 2018}}}} of Neyriz County, Fars province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Fars province, centered in Shiraz|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113032|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231207211349/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113032|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|date=c. 2023|archive-date=7 December 2023|access-date=7 December 2023|id=Notification 82840/T128K}} It also serves as the administrative center for Meshkan Rural District.{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the changes and reforms of divisions in Fars province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Council Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/121687|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009084901/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/121687|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=9 October 2021|access-date=10 December 2023|date=c. 2021|orig-date=Approved 18 July 1380|id=Proposal 1.4.42.19063}} The city is the merger of the villages of Meshkan and Shahrak-e Shahid in 2002.{{cite report|title=Approving division reform in Fars province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122342|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009002552/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/122342|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|orig-date=Approved 7 July 1381|archive-date=9 October 2024|access-date=9 October 2024|date=c. 2024|id=Notification 26455/K33218T}}