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Country
  
Iran

Bakhsh
  
Central

Time zone
  
IRST (UTC+3:30)

Province
  
Isfahan Province

County
  
Fereydunshahr

Elevation
  
2,490 m (8,170 ft)

Population
  
14,007 (2011)

Fereydunshahr

Weather
  
-1°C, Wind SW at 10 km/h, 45% Humidity

Fereydunshahr (Persian: فریدون‌شهر‎‎, Georgian: მარტყოფი "Martqopi") is a city in and the capital of Fereydunshahr County, about 150 kilometres west of the city of Isfahan in the western part of Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 14,007, in 4,062 families.

Fereydunshahr is situated inside the Zagros mountain range. It has one of the country's largest population of ethnic Georgians (ფერეიდნელი). People from Fereydunshahr speak a Georgian dialect along with Persian. The Georgian alphabet is also used.

References

Fereydunshahr Wikipedia