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Dowdej (Persian: دودج, also Romanized as Dūdej; also known as Dodej, Dūdeh, Duder, and Qal‘eh Dūdij)[1] is a village in Darian Rural District, in the Central District of Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,480, in 355 families.[2]

Dowdej دودج
village
Dowdej
Coordinates: 29°32′33″N 52°58′33″E
Country	Iran
Province	Fars
County	Shiraz
Bakhsh	Central
Rural District	Darian
Population  (2006)
• Total	1,480
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

According to Abdolmajid Arfaee, Dūdej is the same as the place called Dutaš mentioned in the Persepolis Administrative Archives of Darius I.[3] It is closely associated in the Persepolis tablets with the place called Uranduš, which Arfaee suggests may have been near present-day Dariyan.[3]

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