Kuhpayeh ( fa, كوهپايه, also
Romanize
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d as Kūhpāyeh, Kūhpāye and Koohpayeh; also known as Kūhpā and Qohpayeh) is a city and capital of
Kuhpayeh District
Kuhpayeh District ( fa, بخش کوهپایه) is a district (bakhsh) in Isfahan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 21,760, in 6,428 families. The District has three cities: Kuhpayeh, Sejzi, and Tudeshg. The ...
, in
Isfahan County
Isfahan County ( fa, شهرستان اصفهان) is located in Isfahan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Isfahan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 1,963,315, in 543,688 households. Retrieved 25 October 2022 At the 20 ...
,
Isfahan Province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. At the 2011 census, its population was 4,587, in 1,335 families.
Kuhpayeh is a historic city that located in east 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 ...
.
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
Stoning, or lapidation, is a method of capital punishment where a group throws stones at a person until the subject dies from blunt trauma. It has been attested as a form of punishment for grave misdeeds since ancient times.
The Torah and Ta ...
of
Soraya Manutchehri
, image = The Stoning of Soraya M. US Poster.jpg
, alt =
, caption = U.S. theatrical release poster
, director = Cyrus Nowrasteh
, producer = Stephen McEveety John Shepherd Todd BurnsDiane Hendricks
, ...
, a 35-year-old woman falsely accused of
adultery
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on August 15, 1986,
Soraya M., Stoned to Death for Being an "Inconvenient Wife"
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Kuhpayeh has a distinct language/dialect, known as "Velayati" or " Kuhpaye'i" and very similar "Gazi language
Gazi is one of the Central Iranian varieties of Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and ...
", which belongs to the north-western Iranian languages. (Indo-European -> Indo-Iranian -> Iranian -> Western -> Northwestern II -> Tatic -> Kermanic/Central Plateau -> Southwestern -> Velayati/Gazi)
References
External links
Iranicaonline.org
Populated places in Isfahan County
Cities in Isfahan Province
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