Taft

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Taft

Total population

18,464

Air quality index

75Moderate

Elevation1560 m

Coordinates31.75°, 54.22°

Demographic figures from Statistical Centre of Iran. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Taft is a city in the Central District of Taft County, Yazd province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

H

Hassan Dehqani-Tafti

Iranian bishop

Abd al-Hosayn Ayati

Iranian missionary of the Baha'i Faith, journalist, author and teacher (1871–1953)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Iran

• Nadushan
  43.6 mi away · pop. 2,351
• Marvast
  88.1 mi away · pop. 9,379
• Khvorjān
  102.4 mi away
• Khonjesht
  118.8 mi away · pop. 2,487
• Kianshahr
  134 mi away · pop. 4,543
• Chāh Malek
  141.1 mi away
• Farokhi
  150.7 mi away
• Dizicheh
  164.2 mi away · pop. 18,935
• Farahzad
  165.2 mi away
• Fuladshahr
  171.5 mi away · pop. 88,426
• Mughar
  172.1 mi away
• Buanak
  175.4 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Taft

Nuskhahʹhā-yi khaṭṭī-i taʻziyah dar shahristān-i Taft (Taft, Yazd- Īrān)

Kāẓim Dihqāniyān Naṣrʹābādī · 2012

Qanāthā-yi Taft

Muḥammad Ḥusayn Pāpulī Yazdī · 2003

The Nimatullahi Sayyids of Taft

Michael Paul Connell · 2004

Yak chāh va dū chashmah

H. B. Dehqani-Tafti · 1999

Farhang-i jugrāfiyāyī-i ābādīhā-yi Ustān-i Yazd

Sāzmān-i Jughrāfiyāʼī-i Nīrūhā-yi Musallaḥ (Iran) · 2002

W. Morgan Shuster papers

W. Morgan Shuster

The War State

Michael Swanson · 2013

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Persian Wonder Gecko

Teratoscincus keyserlingii

Seen 2024-04-03

Striped Hawkmoth

Hyles livornica

Seen 2019-05-24

Persian Horned Viper

Pseudocerastes persicus

Seen 2018-10-03

Oriental Hornet

Vespa orientalis

Seen 2013-05-13

Variable Wheatear

Oenanthe picata

Seen 2013-05-13

Trumpeter Finch

Bucanetes githagineus

Seen 2013-05-13

Mesalina watsonana

Mesalina watsonana

Seen 2013-05-13

Sphingonotus octofasciatus

Sphingonotus octofasciatus

Seen 2013-05-13

Turkish Black-spotted Grasshopper

Ramburiella turcomana

Seen 2013-05-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).