* Lar ---Located 360 kilometers southeast of Shiraz, Lar is the province's second largest city after Shiraz. It is an ancient city, which had a certain importance as a focal point at the time of the Sassanids. The new city has been built near the ruins of the ancient city with the same name whose urban fabric is still a visible sight.

The shortage of water has limited the city's agricultural activities; however, its major products are mainly grains, date and cotton. Lar has a tourist guest house. * Marvdasht Marvdasht, some 45 kilometers from Shiraz, is located on a smooth plain by the Kor River. Its importance is due to the existence of sugar, petrochemical, meat processing and some other industries, while handicrafts like carpet and rug weaving are also prevailing in Marvdasht. The city owes its importance in view of tourism to its proximity to Persepolis, Naghsh-e Rostam and Passargadae. * Mamassani (Nourabad) It is located 158 kilometers northwest of Shiraz in a mountainous area.

Most of its people work as farmers or cattle breeders. There is an abundance of historical remains from the Parthian, Sassanid and earlier times in Mamassani and Nourabad regions. These include the Ilamid reliefs, the Dragon Tower fire temple, the Parthian tower of Nourabad and the Sarab-e Bahram reliefs. * Nayriz This city is located 220 kilometers east of Shiraz in the vicinity of Bakhtegan Lake. Excavations made in the region have revealed the area's ancient civilization.

At the time of the Achaemenids, Nayriz was a major producer of weapons. The city's Grand Jame' Mosque has probably been a Zoroastrian fire temple before being turned into a mosque. The main occupations of the region's people are agriculture and animal husbandry.