Medes resided in the region of modern day Iran. According to the map from the Table of Nations page, they seem to have descended from Madai who was one of Japheth's sons as stated in Genesis 10:2 and 1 Chronicles 1:5.
The only reference in the Bible to a town in Media was in Ezra 6:2 when scrolls were found in Ecbatana that authorized the rebuild of the Temple. King James called the town Achmetha.

Darius was stated as a Mede/Median in Daniel 5:31.

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