Lavasan
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| Lavasan لواسان |
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 Lavasan
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| Coordinates: 35°49′23″N 51°37′27″E / 35.82306°N 51.62417°ECoordinates: 35°49′23″N 51°37′27″E / 35.82306°N 51.62417°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | Tehran |
| County | Shemiranat |
| Bakhsh | Lavasanat |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 15,448 |
| Time zone | IRST (UTC+3:30) |
| • Summer (DST) | IRDT (UTC+4:30) |
Lavasan (Persian: لواسان; is a city in Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 15,448, in 4,645 families.[1] Galandovak (Persian: گلندوك), also Romanized as Galandowak and Galandūak)[2] is downtown and capital of city of Lavasan and city of Lavasan is the capital of Lavasanat District, It is home to many upper-class and wealthy families. The Lavasanat District is composed of Lavasan-e-Bozorg (which means "Great Lavasan") and Lavasan-e-Kochak (which means "Little Lavasan"). The Jajrood River flows through Lavasan.
Lavasan has an area of 13.7 square kilometres.[3]
[edit] Notable residents[4]
- All Lavasanipour Family
- Seyed Hamed Miri Lavasani
- All Miri Lavasani Family
- Ali Parvin
- Yasser Hashemi Rafsanjani
- Naser Houshmand Vaziri
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Islamic Republic of Iran. http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/23.xls.
- ^ Lavasan can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "217990" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ http://www.itc.nl/library/papers_2007/msc/gfm/alian.pdf
- ^ lavasani genealogical tree presented in ayatollah Sadeghi in ghom .
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