Amarlu District ( fa, بخش عمارلو) is a district (

bakhsh A ( fa, بخش, also romanized as ) is a third-level administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as "county," it is more accurately translated as "district," similar to a township in the United States or a district of En ...

) in

Rudbar County Rudbar County ( fa, شهرستان رودبار) is in Gilan province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Rudbar. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 101,884 in 27,902 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1 ...

, Gilan Province,

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. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,970, in 2,350 families. The District has one city:

Jirandeh Jirandeh ( fa, جيرنده, ''jirandeh'') ( Tati: , ''Jirindih'') is a city and capital of Amarlu District, in Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran. It is located north of the Shahrood river Shahrood or Shah-Rud ( fa, شاهرود, Shāhrūd, ...

. The District has two

rural district Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of the Ad ...

s (''dehestan''):

Jirandeh Rural District Jirandeh Rural District ( fa, دهستان جيرنده) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Amarlu District, Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a coun ...

and Kalisham Rural District. Most people of Amarlu District are Tat and they speak Tati.

Natural geography

A mountainous region.

Tribes

Amarlu has been one of the dominant

Kurmanj ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Iran, northern Ir ...

tribes in Gilan Province. According to Rabino, the Rashvands formed another inhabitant of the region too. Rišvand formed part of the Bâbân tribe of Solaymâniya and were moved to Gilân by Shah 'Abbâs I. Later, they were chased out of most of their choice pasturelands by the 'Amârlu, who were moved to Gilân from northwestern Persia by Nâder Shah (Rabino, 1916–17, pp. 260–61; tr., pp. 304–6). The Rišvand now live mostly in Qazvin province. The 'Amârlu occupy some fifty villages between Menjil and Pirâkuh in southeastern Gilân. (See Fortescue, pp. 319–20; Mardukh Kordestâni, I, pp. 100–1; Afšâr Sistâni, pp. 132–34.)

Flora

Flora in the region includes: * Juniperus polycarpus *

Pteropyrum aucheri ''Pteropyrum'' is a genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae. Plants of the World Online accepts two species, native to Iran, Oman and the Gulf States. Description Species of ''Pteropyrum'' are shrubs. The few leaves may be arranged alternate ...

Rosa canina ''Rosa canina'', commonly known as the dog rose, is a variable climbing, wild rose species native to Europe, northwest Africa, and western Asia. Description The dog rose is a deciduous shrub normally ranging in height from , though sometimes it ...

Rhus coriaria ''Rhus coriaria'', commonly called Sicilian sumac, tanner's sumach, or elm-leaved sumach, is a deciduous shrub to small tree in the cashew family Anacardiaceae. It is native to southern Europe and western Asia. The dried fruits are used as a spi ...

* Pistacia sp. * Rhamnus pallasi * Lilium ledebourii and grasses and herbs such as: * Astragalus marschallianus * Galium gilanicum * G. rotundifolium * Teucrium polium *

Verbascum thapsus ''Verbascum thapsus'', the great mullein, greater mullein or common mullein is a species of mullein native to Europe, northern Africa, and Asia, and introduced in the Americas and Australia. It is a hairy biennial plant that can grow to 2 m tal ...

* Artemisia herbaalba

References

Rudbar County Districts of Gilan Province {{Rudbar-geo-stub