Fereydunshahr

Fereydunshahr
Persian: فریدون‌شهر
City
The city of Fereydunshahr
The city of Fereydunshahr
Fereydunshahr is located in Iran
Fereydunshahr
Fereydunshahr
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 32°56′31″N 50°07′13″E / 32.94194°N 50.12028°E / 32.94194; 50.12028[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceIsfahan
CountyFereydunshahr
DistrictCentral
Elevation
[3]
2,490 m (8,170 ft)
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total
13,603
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
View of Fereydunshahr from Mo'allem Park

Fereydunshahr (Persian: فریدون‌شهر)[a] is a city in the Central District of Fereydunshahr County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[6] It is about 150 km west of the city of Isfahan in the western part of the province.[7] With an elevation of about 2,500 meters above the sea level, Fereydunshahr is the highest town in Iran.[3]

Demographics

Language

The city's linguistic composition consists of about 55% Georgian, 10% Luri, 5% Azeri-speaking, the rest being standard Persian.[8]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 13,475 in 3,622 households.[9] The following census in 2011 counted 14,007 people in 4,062 households.[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 13,603 people in 4,285 households.[4]

Fereydunshahr is inside the Zagros mountain range. It has one of the country's largest populations of ethnic Georgians (ფერეიდნელი). People from Fereydunshahr speak a Georgian language along with Persian. The Georgian alphabet is also used.[11]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Fereydūnshahr; Georgian: ფერეიდანი, romanized as Phereidan[5]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (28 November 2024). "میدان خلیج فارس, چهارصد دستگاه [Persian Gulf Square, Four Hundred Machines], Fereydunshahr, دهستان چشمه لنگان, بخش مرکزی فریدونشهر [Cheshmeh Langan Rural District, Central District of Fereydunshahr], Fereydunshahr County, Isfahan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 28 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "W4RC+Q4C Fereydunshahr, Isfahan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Fereydunshahr, Iran Page" (online). Global Gazetteer Version 2.2. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
  4. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Isfahan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Fereydunshahr at GEOnet Names Server
  6. ↑ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369.6.21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان اصفهان به مرکزیت شهر اصفهان [‌‌Approval of the organization and hierarchy of subordination of the elements and units of the national divisions of Isfahan province with the center of Isfahan city]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 7CE85F3A-6CEE-4A59-9498-E435D7B5C890. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  7. ↑ Microsoft Encarta World Atlas, 2001, Microsoft Corporation
  8. ↑ "Atlas of the Languages of Iran".
  9. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Isfahan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  10. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Isfahan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  11. ↑ Hamed Kazemzadeh (2013). "The latest status of linguistic and geographic dispersion of Iranian Georgians".
  • Muliani, S. (2001) Jaygah-e Gorjiha dar Tarikh va Farhang va Tamaddon-e Iran. Esfahan: Yekta [The Georgians’ position in the Iranian history and civilization].
  • Rahimi, M.M. (2001) Gorjiha-ye Iran; Fereydunshahr. Esfahan: Yekta [The Georgians of Iran; Fereydunshahr].
  • Sepiani, M. (1980) Iranian-e Gorji. Esfahan: Arash [Georgian Iranians].
  • Esfahan's tourist exhibition, mentions the Georgians from Fereydunshahr and Fereydan. The report of this exhibition is available in the web site of the Iranian Cultural Heritage News agency at: .
  • Saakashvili visited Fereydunshahr and put flowers on the graves of the Iranian Georgian martyrs' graves, showing respect towards this community .
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