Fereydunshahr Explained

Official Name:Fereydunshahr
Native Name:Persian: فریدون‌شهر
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Isfahan
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Fereydunshahr
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Central
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:13603
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Coordinates:32.9419°N 50.1203°W
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:2490

Fereydunshahr (Persian: فریدون‌شهر) is a city in the Central District of Fereydunshahr County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[3] It is about 150 km west of the city of Isfahan in the western part of the province.[4] With an elevation of about 2500 meters above the sea level, Fereydunshahr is the highest town in Iran.[2]

Demographics

Language

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

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 13,475 in 3,622 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 14,007 people in 4,062 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 13,603 people in 4,285 households.[8]

Fereydunshahr is inside the Zagros mountain range. It has one of the country's largest population of ethnic Georgians (ფერეიდნელი). People from Fereydunshahr speak a Georgian language along with Persian. The Georgian alphabet is also used.[9]

See also

References

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Fereydunshahr, Fereydunshahr County . . 13 June 2023 . 13 June 2023 . fa.
  2. Web site: Fereydunshahr, Iran Page . Global Gazetteer Version 2.2 . 9 October 2011 . online.
  3. Web site: Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Isfahan province, centered in the city of Isfahan . fa . Lamtakam . https://web.archive.org/web/20240204010546/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113034 . Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board . Habibi . Hassan . 4 February 2024 . 21 June 1369 . 4 February 2024.
  4. Microsoft Encarta World Atlas, 2001, Microsoft Corporation
  5. Web site: Atlas of the Languages of Iran .
  6. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 10 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083455/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/10.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  7. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 10 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230117221845/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Esfahan.xls . 17 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  8. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 10 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201019041954/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_10.xlsx . Excel . 19 October 2020.
  9. Web site: The latest status of linguistic and geographic dispersion of Iranian Georgians. Hamed Kazemzadeh. 2013.

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