Jiroft

Jiroft (, also Romanized as Jiroft; formerly, Sabzawaran, Sabzevaran, Sabzevaran-e Jiroft, and Sabzvaran) is a city in and the capital of Jiroft County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 95,031, in 19,926 families. It is located south of the city of Kerman, and south of Tehran along Road 91. In the past it was also called Sabzevaran, and on account of its being very fertile land it is famous as Hend-e-Koochak (the little India).