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Kerman, Kerman County, Kerman Province, Irani
Regional Level Types
KermanCity
Kerman CountyCounty
Kerman ProvinceProvince
IranCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Kerman577,514 (2015)
Mindat Locality ID:
406361
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:406361:5
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Kermān; Kermun; Kirman; Carmania
Other Languages:
French:
Kerman, préfecture de Kerman, Province de Kerman, Iran
German:
Kerman, Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Italian:
Kerman, shahrestān di Kerman, Provincia di Kerman, Iran
Russian:
Керман, Керман, Керман, Иран
Simplified Chinese:
克尔曼, 克爾曼省, 伊朗
Spanish:
Kermán, Provincia de Kermán, Irán
Alemannic:
Kerman , Iran
Arabic:
كرمان, مقاطعة كرمان, كرمان, إيران
Armenian:
Քերման, Իրան
Azeri:
Kirman, Kirman şəhristanı, Kirman ostanı, İran
Basque:
Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Belarusian:
Керман, Іран
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Керман, Керман, Іран
Bengali:
কেমান, কের্মন প্রদেশ, ইরান
Bulgarian:
Керман, Керман, Иран
Catalan:
Kerman, Província de Kerman, Iran
Cebuano:
Dakbayan sa Kermān, Kermān, Iran
Central Kurdish/Sorani:
کرمان, ئێران
Classical Chinese:
乞力麻兒, 伊朗
Croatian:
Kerman, Kermanska pokrajina, Iran
Czech:
Kermán, Kermán, Írán
Danish:
Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Dutch:
Kerman, Kerman County, Kerman, Iran
Egyptian Arabic:
كرمان, كرمان, ايران
Erzya:
Керман ош, Иран Мастор
Esperanto:
Kermano, Provinco Kermano, Irano
Estonian:
Kermān, Kermāni provints, Iraan
Farsi/Persian:
کرمان, شهرستان کرمان, استان کرمان, ایران
Finnish:
Kerman, Kermān, Iran
Georgian:
ქერმანი, ქერმანის ოსტანი, ირანი
Greek:
Κέρμαν, Ιράν
Gujarati:
કેર્માન, ઈરાન
Hebrew:
כרמאן, מחוז כרמאן, כרמאן, איראן
Hindi:
कर्मान, करमान प्रांत, ईरान
Hungarian:
Kermán, Kermán megye, Kermán tartomány, Irán
Indonesian:
Kerman, Provinsi Kermān, Iran
Japanese:
ケルマーン, ケルマーン郡, ケルマーン州, イラン
Kannada:
ಕೆರ್ಮನ್, ಇರಾನ್
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Керман, Иран
Korean:
케르만, 케르만 주, 이란
Kurdish (Latin Script):
Kirman, Kirman, Îran
Kyrgyz:
Керман, Иран
Latin:
Carmana, Carmania, Irania
Latvian:
Kermana, Kermāna, Irāna
Lithuanian:
Kermanas, Kermano provincija, Iranas
Malagasy:
Kerman, Iràna
Malay:
Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Malayalam:
കെർമൻ, ഇറാൻ
Marathi:
कॅरमन, कर्मान प्रांत, इराण
Norwegian:
Kermān, Kermān, Iran
Pashto:
کرمان, کرمان ولسوالي, د کرمان ولايت, ايران
Polish:
Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Portuguese:
Kerman, Kerman, Irão
Romanian:
Kerman, Iran
Scots:
Kerman, Kerman Province, Iran
Serbian:
Керман, Покрајина Керман, Иран
Serbo-Croatian:
Kerman, Okrug Kirmon, Kermanska pokrajina, Iran
Sinhalese:
කර්මාන්, ඉරානය
Slovenian:
Kerman, Iran
South Azerbaijani:
کیرمان, کیرمان اوستانی, ایران
Swedish:
Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Кирмон, Шаҳристони Кирмон, Устони Кирмон, Эрон
Tamil:
கெர்மன், கெர்மான் மாகாணம், ஈரான்
Tatar:
Кирман, Иран
Telugu:
కర్మన్, ఇరాన్
Thai:
เคร์มอน, ประเทศอิหร่าน
Traditional Chinese:
克爾曼, 伊朗
Turkish:
Kirman, Kirman şehristanı, Kirman Eyaleti, İran
Ukrainian:
Керман, Керман, Іран
Urdu:
کرمان, شہرستان کرمان, صوبہ کرمان, ایران
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Kermon, Eron
Vietnamese:
Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Waray:
Kerman, Kermān, Iran
Welsh:
Kerman, Sir Kerman, Iran
West Frisian:
Kirman, Iran
Western Punjabi:
کرمان, شہرستان کرمان, صوبہ کرمان, ایران
Wu Chinese:
克尔曼, 伊朗


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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences16
Youngest Fossil Listed201 Ma (Early Jurassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed237 Ma (Middle Triassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Lower Tokhradzhekh Suite16237 - 201.3 Ma (Mesozoic)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Phlebopteris
genus
Plantae : Phlebopteris237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Cladophlebis
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Osmundales : Osmundaceae : Cladophlebis237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Taeniopteris
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Cycadales : Crossozamiaceae : Taeniopteris237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Otozamites
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Otozamites237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Pterophyllum
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Cycadopsida : Pterophyllum237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Scytophyllum
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Peltaspermaceae : Scytophyllum237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Sphenobaiera
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Ginkgoopsida : Ginkgoales : Karkeniaceae : Sphenobaiera237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Clathropteris
genus
Clathropteris237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Podozamites
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Pinopsida : Pinales : Podocarpaceae : Podozamites237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Yuccites
genus
Plantae : Pinophyta : Yuccites237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Neocalamites
genus
Plantae : Tracheophyta : Polypodiopsida : Equisetales : Calamitaceae : Neocalamites237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Dictyophyllum
genus
Plantae : Pteridophyta : Pteridopsida : Dictyophyllum237 - 201.3 Ma
Mesozoic
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerman
Wikidata ID:Q171714
GeoNames ID:128234


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