Fereydunshahr

For the administrative division of Isfahan province, see Fereydunshahr County. For the city in Mazandaran province, see Fereydunkenar.

Fereydunshahr (Persian: فریدون‌شهر)^{[lower-alpha 1]} is a city in the Central District of Fereydunshahr County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[5] It is about 150 km west of the city of Isfahan in the western part of the province.^[6] With an elevation of about 2500 meters above the sea level, Fereydunshahr is the highest town in Iran.^[2]

Fereydunshahr Persian: فریدون‌شهر
City
The city of Fereydunshahr
Fereydunshahr
Coordinates: 32°56′31″N 50°07′13″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Isfahan
County	Fereydunshahr
District	Central
Elevation [2]	2,490 m (8,170 ft)
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	13,603
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

View of Fereydunshahr from Mo'allem Park

Demographics

Language

The city's linguistic composition consists of about 55% Georgian, 10% Luri, 5% Azeri speaking, the rest being standard Persian.^[7]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 13,475 in 3,622 households.^[8] The following census in 2011 counted 14,007 people in 4,062 households.^[9] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 13,603 people in 4,285 households.^[3]

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.^[10]

Gallery

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See also

• Georgians in Iran

Media related to Fereydunshahr at Wikimedia Commons

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Fereydūnshahr; Georgian: ფერეიდანი, romanized as Phereidan^[4]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (13 June 2023). "Fereydunshahr, Fereydunshahr County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
2. "Fereydunshahr, Iran Page" (online). Global Gazetteer Version 2.2. Retrieved 9 October 2011.
3. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 10. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
4. Fereydunshahr can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3062938" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
5. Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "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". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
6. Microsoft Encarta World Atlas, 2001, Microsoft Corporation
7. "Atlas of the Languages of Iran".
8. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 10. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
9. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 10. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
10. 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 .