Dashkasan, Isfahan
Dashkasan (Persian: داشكسن), also Romanized as Dāshkasan, Dāshkesan, or Dāshgesan, 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. 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 | |
Landscape near Dashkasan | |
Dashkasan | |
| Coordinates: 33°02′18″N 50°10′03″E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Province | Isfahan |
| County | Buin Miandasht |
| District | Central |
| Rural District | Gorji |
| Population (2016) | |
| • 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. The following census in 2011 counted 526 people in 145 households. 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. It was the most populous village in its rural district.