Farrokhi, Isfahan

For other places with a similar name, see Farakhi.

Farrokhi (Persian: فرخي)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Khur and Biabanak County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Biabanak Rural District.^[4] Farrokhi's documented history begins as late as the Qajar period. It was then one of the eight major villages that constituted Biabanak District of Khur and Biabanak County.^{[citation needed]}

Farrokhi Persian: فرخي
City
Farrokhi
Coordinates: 33°50′41″N 54°56′37″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Isfahan
County	Khur and Biabanak
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	2,968
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Language

Farrokhi has its local dialect, called Farvi or Farvigi, a variety of the West Iranian language spoken in southern Biabanak district.^[5]

Population

The earliest demographic data comes from the local census of 1884, which recorded 939 inhabitants in 230 households.^[6]

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Farrokhi's population was 2,715 in 668 households, when it was a village in Biabanak Rural District of the former Khur and Biabanak District of Nain County.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 2,502 people in 724 households,^[8] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Khur and Biabanak County. The rural district was transferred to the new Central District,^[9] and Farrokhi was elevated to the status of a city.^[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,968 people in 909 households.^[2]

See also

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Notes

1. Also romanized as Farrokhī; also known as Farūkhi^[3]