Ravansar
| Ravansar روانسر |
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 Ravansar
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| Coordinates: 34°42′55″N 46°39′12″E / 34.71528°N 46.65333°ECoordinates: 34°42′55″N 46°39′12″E / 34.71528°N 46.65333°E | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | Kermanshah |
| County | Ravansar |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 16,383 |
| Time zone | IRST (UTC+3:30) |
| • Summer (DST) | IRDT (UTC+4:30) |
Ravansar (Persian: روانسر; also Romanized as Ravānsar and Rawānsīr)[1] is a city in and the capital of Ravansar County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 16,383, in 3,838 families.[2]
Ravansar is an ancient city in the northwest of Kermanshah Province. Ravansar Spring is a huge karst spring located prominently in the city of Ravansar. The area around Ravansar is karstified, the karst ground water emerges in various springs like homonymous Ravansar Spring, which are very important for the supply supply drinking water and as the main source of Qara Su River.
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[edit] History
The earliest evidence for human occupation in the area dates back to Middle Paleolithic as it is indicated by stone artifacts that have been found at Kuliyan and Jawri caves. There are some archaeological mounds such as Tappa Mousaei and Tappa Khanileh.The most importqnt monument in Rawansar is Tagheh Farhad or Dekhmeh Rawansar which is a rock-cut tomb dating back to Achqemenid period and is about 2500 years old.The tomb is located at eastern face of a single rock called Qolla.
Ravansar was one of the Assyrian army bases called Nikkur or Bit-Istar during first half of the first millennium BCE.
According to Seleucid and Parthian documents known as parchments of Awraman or Hawraman, the region (Hawraman) was under control of these two dynasties.
[edit] Description
It is located in the northwest of Kermanshah where people speak Sorani dialect of Kurdish. The town located at southern end of Shaho Mountain. Its natural landscape and cold water spring (سراب) are very famous. Ravansar is very important karstic area which supply drinking water by large and small springs.
[edit] Tourist attractions
Beautiful landscapes and natural ponds such as: Goni-Khani spring and Jawri pond and also the Achaemenid rock tomb of Qoleh and a large archaeological mound called Tappa Mousaeii(Jewish mound) .There are also a number of caves such as Mar Kuliyan. The Ravansar and Garab Rivers cross the south and southwestern part of this area. The Houl Avar Mountains are in the north and Mahzand is in south east of Ravansar. The presence of rivers, wetlands, mountains, vegetation and wildlife are among the natural and noticeable elements of this zone. Two mosques besides places of pilgrimage such as ‘Oveis Qarani’, ‘Sheikh Rasool’, ‘Sheikh Nasra’ and ‘Baba Jeiran’ have doubled the attractive of this area.
Quri Qale Cave is located at NW of Ravansar and is one the main tourist attractions of the region.Quri Qale is one of the longest caves in western Asia and is well known for for its wealth of speleothems and its archaeological finds.For the first time the cave was explored in the 1950s which during that survey, the first 550m documented and lead to a 55m deeep shaft. Later an Iranian team opened its blocked bottom in 1989. The cave has three main chambers which called Namaz, Bolour and Aroos. Talare Bolour has calcite crystals and some stalactites. Talare Aroos is the most magnificent part of the cave and has a glittering crystals and four waterfalls. The cave also is famous for its colony of mouse ear bats that are very rare in this part of Zagros. Archaeologists have found a number of silver plates in this cave that are embellished with animal or monster figures and one presents even a Pahlavi inscription. These plates dates back to late Sassanian period.
[edit] Notable people
Mirza Ahmad dawashi(poet), Sheikh Mohammad Saeid Naghshbandi, Seyed Mohammad Taher Hashemi( poet,historian) , Seyed Vajihedin Hashemi , seyed al-dowlah (keidar)hashemi , and Khorshid Namaye Dawashi (a lady poet).
[edit] References
- ^ Ravansar can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3080921" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- ^ "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/05.xls.
- Taheri, K (2000). taheri.kamal. ed. Essays on the Archaeology, Geology, Geography, and Culture of Rawansar Area.. Kermanshah: Taq-e Bostan Publications. ISBN 964-5551-79-X.
[edit] See also
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