Hafshejan

Hafshejan
هفشجان
city
Hafshejan
Coordinates: 32°13′32″N 50°47′38″E / 32.22556°N 50.79389°ECoordinates: 32°13′32″N 50°47′38″E / 32.22556°N 50.79389°E
Country  Iran
Province Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
County Shahrekord
Bakhsh Central
Population (2010)
  Total 20,847
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
  Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Hafshejan (Persian: هفشجان, also Romanized as Hafshejān and Hafeshjān; also known as Hosheh Gūn, Hushegūn, and Jasteh Jūn)[1] is a city in the Central District of Shahrekord County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 20,847, in 5,171 families.[2]

According to grave's date Hafshejan has about 7000 years of history. This region in the gajar time was under the domination of bakhtiaris but after stabilization of central power, power of the bakhtiaris diminished in great amount. Locals call this city hoshegoon or heyshegoon. One of the beautiful and most known places in Hafshejan in a spring that called cheshme zane; that the word zan in zane part means woman.

It said that many people in Hafshejani was char-va-dar that means a person owns pack animals and carry goods for trading, in addition many others were farmers and used several spring waters to grow their products. Nowadays Hafshejan is famous in Iran for its skillful welders, they work in many pipeline constructions and are well known for their skills.

Funeral artisans Hafshejan martyr in 2014.
Fritillaria in Mount Jahanbin Hafshejan.

References

  1. Hafshejan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3065354" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. Template:IranCensus2010