Kuhpayeh

Kuhpayeh (Persian: كوهپايه‎, also Romanized as Kūhpāyeh, Kūhpāye and Koohpayeh; also known as Kūhpā and Qohpayeh)[2] is a city and capital of Kuhpayeh District, in Isfahan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 4,587, in 1,335 families.[3]

For the administrative subdivisions, see Kuhpayeh District and Kuhpayeh Rural District.
Kuhpayeh

كوهپايه
City
Kuhpayeh
Coordinates: 32°42′49″N 52°26′23″E
Country Iran
ProvinceIsfahan
CountyIsfahan
BakhshKuhpayeh
Population
 (2016 Census)
 • Total5,518 [1]
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Kuhpayeh is a historic city that located in 70 kilometres (43 mi) east of Isfahan.

The word "kuhpayeh" means "the foot of mountain" or " the base of mountain" and there are several cities and villages across Iran named "Kuhpayeh". The stoning of Soraya Manutchehri, a 35-year-old woman falsely accused of adultery on August 15, 1986, happened in a village with the same name in the Province of Kerman, not in this city.[4]

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

References
  1. https://www.amar.org.ir/english
  2. Kuhpayeh can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "6013244" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  3. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2016-10-06.
  4. Soraya M., Stoned to Death for Being an "Inconvenient Wife''
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