Zarach, Iran

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

{{for multi|the former administrative division of Yazd County|Zarach District|the administrative division of Yazd province|Zarach County}}

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

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| native_name = {{langx|fa|زارچ}}

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| settlement_type = City

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| coordinates = {{Coord|31|59|27|N|54|13|55|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}

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| subdivision_name = Iran

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| subdivision_name1 = Yazd

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Zarach

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Central

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| population_total = 11691

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Zarach ({{langx|fa|زارچ}}){{efn|Also romanized as Zarch and Zārch; also known as Zarej and Zārj{{GEOnet3|-3089023}}}} is a city in the Central District{{efn|Formerly Zarach District of Yazd County}} of Zarach County, Yazd province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county{{cite report|title=Letter of approval regarding the national divisions of Yazd province|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-سوم-اسفند-۱۴%DB%B0۱/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230507000654/https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-سوم-اسفند-۱۴%DB%B0۱/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mokhbar|first=Mohammad|archive-date=7 May 2023|orig-date=Approved 11 December 1401|id=Proposal 123883; Notification 214685/T60374H|date=3 May 2023|access-date=12 November 2024}} and the district.{{cite report|title=Divisional changes and reforms in Yazd province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/120152|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417113800/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/120152|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=17 April 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 18 December 1378|id=Proposal 1.4.42.19707; Notification 60762/T22459H|access-date=17 April 2024}}

The city is 5 km west of the city of Yazd. Zarach has the longest and oldest kariz in the world, with a length of 71 km and is over 3,000 years of age.p. 4 of {{Cite book

| publisher = Springer

| isbn = 978-90-481-8631-0

| last = Mays

| first = L.

| title = Ancient Water Technologies

| date = 2010-08-30

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