Fuladshahr ( fa, فولادشهر, also

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d as Fūlādshahr and Fūlād Shahr; formerly, Pūlād Shahr and Āryā Shahr) meaning "steel city" is a city and capital in the

Fuladshahr District Fuladshahr District ( fa, بخش فولادشهر) is a district (bakhsh) in Lenjan County, Isfahan Province, Iran.Lenjan County Lenjan County ( fa, شهرستان لنجان) is located in Isfahan province, Isfahan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Zarrin Shahr (Riz-e Lenjan). At the 2006 census, the county's population was 225,559, in 58,232 households. Ret ...

, Isfahan Province,

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 55,496, in 13,822 families. Fuladshahr is situated south of

Isfahan Isfahan ( fa, اصفهان, Esfahân ), from its Achaemenid empire, ancient designation ''Aspadana'' and, later, ''Spahan'' in Sassanian Empire, middle Persian, rendered in English as ''Ispahan'', is a major city in the Greater Isfahan Regio ...

and about north of

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. It was built during the

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of Iran period, and was home to the mostly

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and other employees of the '' Zob Ahan'' factory, which is located near the city. The world's third biggest cement factory at the time, the ''Siman Sepahan Diziche'' or ''Siman Arya diziche'' as it was called before the

Iranian revolution The Iranian Revolution ( fa, انقلاب ایران, Enqelâb-e Irân, ), also known as the Islamic Revolution ( fa, انقلاب اسلامی, Enqelâb-e Eslâmī), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynas ...

, is also located near the city.

Sports

Fuladshahr is home to

Foolad Shahr Stadium Foolad Shahr Stadium (Persian language, Persian: ورزشگاه فولادشهر, ''Varzeshgāh-e Fulādshahr'') is a association football, football stadium in Fooladshahr, Iran. It is the home stadium of F.C. Zob Ahan, Zob Ahan, and was opened in ...

, which is the permanent home of Zob Ahan.

References

Populated places in Lenjan County Cities in Isfahan Province {{Lenjan-geo-stub