Zefreh, Sistan

Zefreh
Persian: زفره
Village
Zefreh is located in Iran
Zefreh
Zefreh
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 32°54′11″N 52°17′11″E / 32.90306°N 52.28639°E / 32.90306; 52.28639[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceIsfahan
CountyKuhpayeh
DistrictSistan
Rural DistrictZefreh
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
1,750
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Websitewww.zefreh.com

Zefreh (Persian: زفره)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Zefreh Rural District[4] in Sistan District of Kuhpayeh County, Isfahan province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,689 in 581 households, when it was in Kuhpayeh District[b] of Isfahan County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 1,555 people in 598 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,750 people in 639 households, the most populous in its rural district.[2]

In 2021, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Kuhpayeh County and renamed Tudeshk District. The rural district was transferred to the new Sistan District.[5]

Overview

Zefreh has a congregational mosque from the Saljuq era with subsequent renovations. Zefreh has four chains of subterranean channels (qanat). Most of the population is engaged in farming, herding, and gardening and horticulture. Agricultural products are wheat, almonds, mulberries, and especially corn. Weaving carpets, carrying the Nain design, was particular to women, who were also engaged in other cottage industries. A distinguished local industry used to be making cotton shoes.[8]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as Zifreh[3]
  2. ↑ Renamed Tudeshk District of Kuhpayeh County[5]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (30 November 2024). "Zefreh, دهستان زفره, بخش کوهپایه [Zefreh Rural District, Kuhpayeh District], Kuhpayeh County, Isfahan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ Zefreh at GEOnet Names Server
  4. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (26 March 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366.1.6 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل 21 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در قسمتی از شهرستان اصفهان تابع استان اصفهان [‌Creation and formation of 21 rural districts including villages, farms and places in part of Isfahan County, subordinate to Isfahan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal No.] 36.1.5.52. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
  5. 1 2 Jahangiri, Eshaq (18 July 2021) [۱۴۰۰/۴/۲۷ تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1400/4/27 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در شهرستان اصفهان استان اصفهان [‌Resolution on national divisions in Isfahan County, Isfahan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره ۲۰۶۲۳۹ [Proposal No. 206239]. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Mohammad-Hasan Raja’i Zefra’i and Habib Borjian, "ZEFRA i. The District", Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2013, http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/zefra-the-district