Jakdan, Iran

Jakdan (Persian: جكدان, also Romanized as Jakdān and Jakadān; also known as Kalūjakadān (Persian: كلوجكدان ), Jagdān, Jogdān, and Joghdān) is a village in, and the capital of, Jakdan Rural District of the Central District of Bashagard County, Hormozgan province, Iran.

Jakdan
Persian: جكدان
Village
Jakdan
Coordinates: 26°25′57″N 57°44′45″E
Country Iran
ProvinceHormozgan
CountyBashagard
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictJakdan
Population
 (2016)
  Total1,239
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 684 in 161 households, when it was in the former Bashagard District of Jask County. The following census in 2011 counted 1,596 people in 412 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Bashagard County. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 1,239 people in 367 households. It was the largest village in its rural district.

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