Fereydunshahr () is a city in the Central District of Fereydunshahr County,

Isfahan Isfahan or Esfahan ( ) is a city in the Central District (Isfahan County), Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is located south of Tehran. The city ...

province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is about 150 km west of the city of

in the western part of the province. 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.

Population

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

Zagros The Zagros Mountains are a mountain range in Iran, northern Iraq, and southeastern Turkey. The mountain range has a total length of . The Zagros range begins in northwestern Iran and roughly follows Iran's western border while covering much of s ...

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

Georgians Georgians, or Kartvelians (; ka, ქართველები, tr, ), are a nation and Peoples of the Caucasus, Caucasian ethnic group native to present-day Georgia (country), Georgia and surrounding areas historically associated with the Ge ...

(ფერეიდნელი). People from Fereydunshahr speak a

Georgian language Georgian (, ) is the most widely spoken Kartvelian language, Kartvelian language family. It is the official language of Georgia (country), Georgia and the native or primary language of 88% of its population. It also serves as the literary langu ...

along with Persian. The

Georgian alphabet The Georgian scripts are the three writing systems used to write the Georgian language: #Asomtavruli, Asomtavruli, #Nuskhuri, Nuskhuri and #Mkhedruli, Mkhedruli. Although the systems differ in appearance, their Letter (alphabet), letters share ...

is also used.

Gallery

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Notes

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

Demographics

Language

Population

Gallery

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