Dashkasan, Isfahan
Village in Isfahan province, Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dashkasan (Persian: داشكسن)[lower-alpha 1] is a village in, and the capital of, Gorji Rural District of the Central District of Buin Miandasht County, Isfahan province, Iran. The rural district was previously administered from Afus.[4] The village is in the Zagros mountain range. It has a population of ethnic Georgians (ფერეიდნელი). People from Dashkasan speak a Georgian dialect, along with Persian. The Georgian alphabet is also used.
Dashkasan
Persian: داشكسن | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 33°02′18″N 50°10′03″E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Isfahan |
County | Buin Miandasht |
District | Central |
Rural District | Gorji |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 473 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 606 in 125 households, when it was in the former Buin Miandasht District of Faridan County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 526 people in 145 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 473 people in 142 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Buin Miandasht County.[7] It was the most populous village in its rural district.[2]