Abadi (rural locality)
Type of rural location
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An abadi (Persian: آبادی, romanized: ābādī, from آباد ābād which translates to 'populous, thriving, prosperous'[1]) is a Persian term used to describe a rural location, typically a settlement in a rural environment, and informally a larger settlement.[2][3][4]
Being a generic and ambiguous term referring to small settlements, the statistical center of Iran uses the term in a broader sense, either a village, farm and "site" – such as gas stations, restaurants, mines and railway stations.[5][6][7] As of the 1973 census 23 per cent of abadis were non-residential.[8]
