Abadi (rural locality)

An abadi is a term often used in Persian to describe a rural location, typically a settlement in a rural environment, or informally as a town or city. The word Abadi derives from "", which translates to "populous, thriving, prosperous".

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, railway stations, etc. As of the 1973 census 23 per cent of ābādīs are non-residential.