Lavasanat District ( fa, بخش لواسانات) 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
Shemiranat County
Shemiranat County ( fa, شهرستان شمیرانات) is located in Tehran province, Iran. The capital of the county is Shemiran, which is part of the city of Tehran. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 37,778, in 11,178 household ...
,
Tehran Province,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 22,289, in 6,615 families.
The administrative center of the district is
Lavasan
Lavasan ( fa, لواسان, also Romanized as ''Lavāsān'') is an affluent town in Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 28,558, in 7,645 families. The Jajrood River flows through Lavasan. Situated 11 k ...
. 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Rural districts were a type of local government area – now superseded – established at the end of the 19th century in England, Wales, and Ireland for the administration of predominantly rural areas at a level lower than that of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''):
Lavasan-e Bozorg Rural District
Lavasan-e Bozorg Rural District ( fa, دهستان لواسان بزرگ) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Lavasanat District, Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ...
and
Lavasan-e Kuchak Rural District
Lavasan-e Kuchak Rural District ( fa, دهستان لواسان کوچک) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Lavasanat District, Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also ...
.
During the Qajar era and early 20th century Lavasanat was the transit way between northern slopes of
Elburz
The Alborz ( fa, البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs nort ...
and
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
with Great Lavasan (Lavasan Bozorg),
Ammameh ,
Afjeh and
Najarkala known as the most famous towns of Lavasanat.
The natives of the Lavasanat district are of Caspian origin. The local dialect or "vernacular" spoken by its natives is a mix of
Persian
Persian may refer to:
* People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language
** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples
** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...
and
Caspian Caspian can refer to:
*The Caspian Sea
*The Caspian Depression, surrounding the northern part of the Caspian Sea
*The Caspians, the ancient people living near the Caspian Sea
*Caspian languages, collection of languages and dialects of Caspian peopl ...
. In the village of
Ira
Ira or IRA may refer to:
*Ira (name), a Hebrew, Sanskrit, Russian or Finnish language personal name
*Ira (surname), a rare Estonian and some other language family name
*Iran, UNDP code IRA
Law
*Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, US, on status of ...
(as well as Veskara), this vernacular approaches
Mazandarani.
References
Sources
*
Shemiranat County
Districts of Tehran Province
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