Fereydunshahr ( fa, فریدون‌شهر, ka, ფერეიდანი "Phereidan") is a city and capital of

Fereydunshahr County Fereydunshahr County ( fa, شهرستان فریدونشهر) is in Isfahan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Fereydunshahr. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 38,955 in 9,259 households. The following cens ...

, about 150 kilometres west of the city of

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Region, Isfahan Province, Iran. It is lo ...

in the western part of Isfahan Province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. At the 2011 census, its population was 14,007, in 4,062 families. Fereydunshahr is situated inside the

Zagros The Zagros Mountains ( ar, جبال زاغروس, translit=Jibal Zaghrus; fa, کوه‌های زاگرس, Kuh hā-ye Zāgros; ku, چیاکانی زاگرۆس, translit=Çiyakani Zagros; Turkish: ''Zagros Dağları''; Luri: ''Kuh hā-ye Zāgr ...

mountain range. It has one of the country's largest population of ethnic

Georgians The Georgians, or Kartvelians (; ka, ქართველები, tr, ), are a nation and indigenous Caucasian ethnic group native to Georgia and the South Caucasus. Georgian diaspora communities are also present throughout Russia, Turkey, ...

(ფერეიდნელი). People from Fereydunshahr speak a

Georgian language Georgian (, , ) is the most widely-spoken Kartvelian language, and serves as the literary language or lingua franca for speakers of related languages. It is the official language of Georgia and the native or primary language of 87.6% of its p ...

along with Persian. The

Georgian alphabet The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: Asomtavruli, Nuskhuri and Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, their letters share the same names and alphabetical order and are written ...

is also used.

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References

*Muliani, S. (2001) Jaygah-e Gorjiha dar Tarikh va Farhang va Tamaddon-e Iran. Esfahan: Yekta he Georgians’ position in the Iranian history and civilization *Rahimi, M.M. (2001) Gorjiha-ye Iran; Fereydunshahr. Esfahan: Yekta he Georgians of Iran; Fereydunshahr *Sepiani, M. (1980) Iranian-e Gorji. Esfahan: Arash eorgian 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 communit

Populated places in Fereydunshahr County Cities in Isfahan Province Georgia (country)–Iran relations {{Fereydunshahr-geo-stub

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