Fereydunshahr

Fereydunshahr
	City
Fereydunshahr
	فریدون‌شهر
A country	Iran
Ostan	Isfahan
Shahrestan	Fereydunshahr
History and Geography
Center height	2490 m
Timezone	UTC + 3: 30
Population
Population	13 475 people ( 2006 )
Official language	Farsi
Digital identifiers
Telephone code	+98 372
	fereydoonshahr.gov.ir (pers.)

Fereydunshekhr ^[1] ( pers. فریدون‌شهر , cargo. ფერეიდუნშაჰრი ) is a city in central Iran , in the province of Isfahan . The administrative center of the same name shakhrestan .

Content

1 Geography
2 population
3 Transport
4 notes
5 Sources

Geography

The city is located in the western part of Isfahan, in the highlands of central Zagros , at an altitude of 2490 meters above sea level ^[2] . Fereydunshahr is located approximately 135 kilometers west-north-west (WNW) from Isfahan , the provincial capital, and 318 kilometers south-west (SSW) from Tehran , the country's capital.

Population

According to the census, in 2006 the population of the city was 13,475 people ^[3] . The city is home to one of the largest ethnic Iranian communities in Iran, the Fereydans , resettled in Persia during the reign of Shah Abbas I ^[4] .

Transport

The nearest airport is Eliguders , 33 km north of Fereidunshehr ^[2] .

Notes

↑ Iran. Reference map (scale 1: 2 500 000). - GUKG, 1986
↑ ¹ ² Fereydunshahr, Iran Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment June 30, 2013. Archived July 4, 2013.
↑ Fereydūnshahr: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population . World Gazetteer. Date of treatment June 30, 2013. Archived July 4, 2013.
↑ GEORGIA viii. Georgian communities in Persia . Encyclopaedia Iranica. Date of treatment June 30, 2013. Archived July 4, 2013.

Sources

Muliani, S. (2001) Jaygah-e Gorjiha dar Tarikh va Farhang va Tammadon-e Iran. Esfahan: Yekta [The Georgians' position in the Iranian history and civilization].
Rahimi, MM (2001) Gorjiha-ye Iran; Fereydunshahr. Esfahan: Yekta [The Georgians of Iran; Fereydunshahr].
Sepiani, M. (1980) Iranian-e Gorji. Esfahan: Arash [Georgian Iranians].

[1] Iran. Reference map (scale 1: 2 500 000). - GUKG, 1986

[fallingrain-2] ¹ ² Fereydunshahr, Iran Page . Fallingrain Global Gazetteer. Date of treatment June 30, 2013. Archived July 4, 2013.

[3] Fereydūnshahr: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population . World Gazetteer. Date of treatment June 30, 2013. Archived July 4, 2013.

[4] GEORGIA viii. Georgian communities in Persia . Encyclopaedia Iranica. Date of treatment June 30, 2013. Archived July 4, 2013.