Welcome to Rafsanjan!
Rafsanjan (Persian: رفسنجان, also Romanized as Rafsanjān and Rafsinjān, also known as Bahrāmābād) is a city and capital of Rafsanjan County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 136,388, in 33,489 families. Rafsanjan is the biggest producer of pistachios in the world. Also, one of the biggest copper mines in the world is located there too. In addition, the biggest and oldest house in the world is located there. Many famous people were born in Rafsanjan: Mirza Reza Kermani, Ali Akbar Hashemi, Adel Ferdosipour, etc. It is Iran's center of pistachio cultivation. It had an estimated population of 134,848 in 2005. Rafsanjan is also a major center of carpet production even though the rugs are sold as Kermani rugs rather than Rafsanjani ones. Another large employer is the nearby Sarcheshmeh copper mines.