Golpayegan County is a county in Isfahan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Golpayegan. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 82,601, in 24,701 families. The county has one district: the Central District. The county has three cities: Golpayegan, Guged, and Golshahr.
Earthquake of Golpāyagen
The county's rural areas were devastated in the earthquake of 715/1316 According to Mostawfi, in 740/1339-40 Golpāyegān had some fifty villages, yielding the annual revenue of 42,000 dinars to the state. It means the city was very wealthy.
Location, climate and demography
Golpāyegān located in Isfahan province, bordered on the south by Bakhtiari's mountains and Khvansar County, on the east by the county of Barḵhar and Meyma, on the north by the counties of Mahallat and Khomein, and on the west by Aligudarz county. It comprises 3 rural districts جلگه، کنار رودخونه، نیوون and 3 towns, namely, Gugad, Golshahr, and Golpāyegān. Persian: گوگد، گلشهر، گلپایگان In 1237/1821-22, Golpāyegān had some 2,000 households, its population in 1324-25/1906-7 was 12,000 to 15,000. In 1996 the county had a population of 84,081 people, of whom 45,756 lived in urban areas
Ghebla River
The most important river of Golpāyegān, runs through the county, irrigating Khomein, Delijān, and Mahallat, before eventually emptying into the Gav ḵhuni salt swamp near Isfahan
Golpayegan Dam (Sade Golpayegan)
A dam Persian: سد گلپایگان 57 meter high has been constructed on this river at Aḵhteḵhun, located 18 kmsoutheast of Golpāyegān. Golpayegan's Dam That Engineer Aligholi Baiani made, is the first modern dam in Iran. Irrigation in the area is by qanāt (in Persian:قنات / کاریز, well, and spring waters.
Agricultural products include wheat, cotton, barley, grains, sugar, beetand various kinds of fruits.
Golpayegan has lot of Jeliz bugloss, and gum-tragacanth plants. The jackal, fox, wolf, and rabbit are among the wild animals found in the surrounding areas. There are also gold, silver, and gypsum deposits. Golpayegan is famous is famous for its beautiful Persian rugs. Handicrafts include carpet-weaving, giva cotton-shoe production, and wood-carving, Wood Sculpture, inlaid wood and embossed works.
