Kuhpayeh

Kuhpayeh
Persian: كوهپايه
City
Kuhpayeh is located in Iran
Kuhpayeh
Kuhpayeh
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 32°42′50″N 52°26′11″E / 32.71389°N 52.43639°E / 32.71389; 52.43639
CountryIran
ProvinceIsfahan
CountyKuhpayeh
DistrictTudeshk
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
5,518
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Kuhpayeh (Persian: كوهپايه) is a city in Tudeshk District of Kuhpayeh County, Isfahan province, Iran, serving as capital of the county. It was the capital of the district until its capital was transferred to the city of Tudeshk. Kuhpayeh is a historic city 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of Isfahan and where the film The Stoning of Soraya M. is depicted.

Demographics

Language

The city has a distinct language/dialect of Farsi, known as "Velayati" or " Kuhpaye'i" and very similar to the Gazi language, which belongs to the northwestern Iranian languages (Indo-European -> Indo-Iranian -> Iranian -> Western -> Northwestern II -> Tatic -> Kermanic/Central Plateau -> Southwestern -> Velayati/Gazi).

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 4,417 in 1,200 households, when it was capital of Kuhpayeh District in Isfahan County. The following census in 2011 counted 4,587 people in 1,335 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,518 people in 1,765 households.

In 2021, the district was separated from the county in the establishment of Kuhpayeh County and renamed Tudeshk District, with Kuhpayeh as the new county's capital.

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Koohpayeh and Kūhpāyeh; also known as Kūhpā, Kūhpāye, and Qohpayeh
  2. ↑ Formerly Kuhpayeh District of Isfahan County
  3. ↑ Renamed Tudeshk District of Kuhpayeh County

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (30 November 2024). "Koohpayeh, دهستان جبل, بخش کوهپایه [Jabal Rural District, Kuhpayeh District], Kuhpayeh County, Isfahan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 30 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "PC7P+HH2 Kuhpayeh, Isfahan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 26 May 2026.
  3. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Isfahan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Kuhpayeh at GEOnet Names Server
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Jahangiri, Eshaq (18 July 2021) [۱۴۰۰/۴/۲۷ تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1400/4/27 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در شهرستان اصفهان استان اصفهان [‌Resolution on national divisions in Isfahan County, Isfahan province]. مرکز پژوهشهای مجلس شورای اسلامی ایران [Research Center of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره ۲۰۶۲۳۹ [Proposal No. 206239]. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  6. 1 2 Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1369.6.21 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌تصویب سازمان و سلسله تابعیت عناصر و واحدهای تقسیمات کشوری استان اصفهان به مرکزیت شهر اصفهان [‌‌Approval of the organization and hierarchy of subordination of the elements and units of the national divisions of Isfahan province with the center of Isfahan city]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 7CE85F3A-6CEE-4A59-9498-E435D7B5C890. شماره دوره [Course number] 69, شماره جلد [Volume number] 3. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Soraya M., Stoned to Death for Being an "Inconvenient Wife"". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
  8. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Isfahan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  9. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Isfahan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.