Fereydunshahr

{{for multi|the administrative division of Isfahan province|Fereydunshahr County|the city in Mazandaran province|Fereydunkenar}}

{{Infobox settlement

|official_name = Fereydunshahr

|native_name = {{langx|fa|فریدون‌شهر}}

|settlement_type = City

|image_skyline = Fereydunshahr view.jpg

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|image_caption = The city of Fereydunshahr

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|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Iran

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Isfahan

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Fereydunshahr

|subdivision_type3 = District

|subdivision_name3 = Central

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|population_as_of = 2016

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|population_total = 13603

|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone = IRST

|utc_offset = +3:30

|coordinates = {{coord|32|56|31|N|50|07|13|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}

|coordinates_footnotes = {{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=32.941944&mlon=50.120278&zoom=15#map=15/32.94194/50.12028|website=OpenStreetMap |title=Fereydunshahr, Fereydunshahr County|date=28 November 2024|access-date=28 November 2024|lang=fa}}

| elevation_footnotes = {{Cite web |url = http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IR/28/Fereydunshahr.html |title = Fereydunshahr, Iran Page |publisher= Global Gazetteer Version 2.2 |access-date =9 October 2011 |format = online}}

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Fereydunshahr ({{langx|fa|فریدون‌شهر}}){{efn|Also romanized as Fereydūnshahr; Georgian: ფერეიდანი, romanized as Phereidan{{GEOnet3|-3062938}}}} is a city in the Central District of Fereydunshahr County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.{{cite report|title=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|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113034|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204010546/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113034|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=4 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808-907; Notification 82838/T131K|access-date=4 February 2024}} It is about 150 km west of the city of Isfahan in the western part of the province.Microsoft Encarta World Atlas, 2001, Microsoft Corporation With an elevation of about 2500 meters above the sea level, Fereydunshahr is the highest town in Iran.

Demographics

= Language =

The city's linguistic composition consists of about 55% Georgian, 10% Luri, 5% Azeri speaking, the rest being standard Persian.{{cite web | url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.esfahan#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiI0NzU5NzE0ZDBiZWUwMTFlZDUzYTI2ZDg2NTZmZTdhMiIsInMiOjE2OTUwMDkyNTQ3NDR9| title=Atlas of the Languages of Iran }}

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 13,475 in 3,622 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Isfahan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/10.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083455/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/10.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 14,007 people in 4,062 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Isfahan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Esfahan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117221845/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Esfahan.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 13,603 people in 4,285 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Isfahan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_10.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019041954/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_10.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=19 October 2020}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.academia.edu/42974536/The_latest_status_of_linguistic_and_geographic_dispersion_of_Iranian_Georgians|title=The latest status of linguistic and geographic dispersion of Iranian Georgians|author=Hamed Kazemzadeh|date=2013}}

Gallery

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Notes

References

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: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070403205143/http://www.chn.ir/news/?Section=1&id=12497].
Saakashvili visited Fereydunshahr and put flowers on the graves of the Iranian Georgian martyrs' graves, showing respect towards this community [https://web.archive.org/web/20051129005643/http://www.iran-newspaper.com/1383/830420/html/internal.htm].

Category:Populated places in Fereydunshahr County

Category:Cities in Isfahan province

Category:Georgia (country)–Iran relations