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Lavasan Persian: لواسان
City
Lavasan
Lavasan
Coordinates: 35°49′15″N 51°38′03″E / 35.82083°N 51.63417°E / 35.82083; 51.63417
Country	Iran
Province	Tehran
County	Shemiranat
District	Lavasanat
Population
• Total	18,146
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Lavasan (Persian: لواسان) is a city in, and the capital of, Lavasanat District of Shemiranat County, Tehran province, Iran.

Etymology

The name of Lavasan is a Middle Persian (Pahlavi) word which means "The Mount Blade of Sunrise" or "Mountaintop of Sunrise". It refers to Mount Damavand that is located in the middle Alborz Range in the east of Lavasanat District.

History

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In the 19th century, during the Qajar era, Lavasan was reportedly a large village, with some 500 houses and about 200 inhabitants. It became well known during the war of the cities when many people from Tehran took refuge in the nearby towns such as Lavasan.

The two most influential parts of Lavasan are Great Lavasan (Lavasan-e Bozorg) and Little Lavasan (Lavasan-e Kuchak). While Great Lavasan was more vibrant in the early 1950s due to its location as a trade hub, the Little Lavasan has become more populated in the past few decades.

Until the construction of Road 59 (Chalous Road) and other routes to the north of Iran, Great Lavasan was a thriving city on a trade path between Tehran and the north of Iran, with several prominent families owning and managing the Lar Karvansara in the (now nationalized) Lar National Park, and who were active in the trading of rice and production of honey, among other products; hence the name "Great Lavasan".

In the early 1900s Great Lavasan was home to several affluent families and traders with many unique and thriving orchards. Currently Great Lavasan is less populated than the Little Lavasan due to more restricted construction regulations, as well as an influx of new residents moving to Little Lavasan from other cities. Great Lavasan has access from the Jajrood road while Little Lavasan has access from behind the Latian Dam. Their different areas include Saboo Bozorg, Saboo Koochak, Tork Mahale, Seied Paiz, etc.

Under Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, in the 1960s, a hydroelectric dam was built in the southeast of the village which is nowadays one of the water supplies of Tehran.

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

The natives of Lavasan are of Caspian origin. The local dialect, or vernacular, spoken by its natives is a mix of Persian and Caspian.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 15,448 in 4,645 households. The following census in 2011 counted 15,706 people in 5,033 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 18,146 people in 6,130 households.

Geography

Location

Lavasan is located 11 kilometres northeast of Tehran on the slopes of Alborz with an area of 70 square kilometres.

Topography

The Jajrood River flows through the resort city of Lavasan, creating Latian Dam Lake on the southeast of the city. It is situated 11 kilometers northeast of Tehran. The highrise scenery around Lavasan (with many peaks above 3000 meters) attracts lots of campers and cyclists. The city is accessed by two double lane roads (from Tajrish and Tehranpars) adjoining each other on 1930 meters Quchak Pass, then on a whirling double lane road, down to Jajrood River and Lavasan on its north bank on 1700m.

Climate

Lavasan has a cold semi-arid climate (Köppen climate classification: BSk) with significant continental influences.

Notable people

• Yasser Hashemi Rafsanjani
• Ali Karimi
• Ali Parvin
• Amin Hayaee
• Naser Houshmand Vaziri

Gallery

See also

• Basti Hills
• Fasham
• Jajrood River
• Latyan Dam
• Lavasanat
• Shemshak

[REDACTED] Media related to Lavasan at Wikimedia Commons

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Lavāsān; formerly Galandovak (گلندوك), also romanized as Galandowak and Galandūak

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (23 September 2024). "Lavasan, Shemiranat County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 23 September 2024.
2. ^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Tehran Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. 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".
4. Mousavi, Mirhossein (c. 2011) . Creation and formation of three cities, two districts, and three rural districts in Shemiranat County under Tehran province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers. Proposal 53.1.2211; Notification 8718/T565. Archived from the original on 9 January 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2023 – via Islamic Parliament Research Center.
5. ^ Encyclopaedia Iranica 2017.
6. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Tehran Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
7. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Tehran Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
8. Alian, Sahar. "Identifying Curviness of Overpass Mountain Roads from Remote Sensing Data" (PDF).
9. "Climate: Lavasan". Climate-Data.org. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
10. lavasani genealogical tree presented in Ayatollah Sadeghi in Qum.

Sources

• Encyclopaedia Iranica (2017). LAVĀSĀN.

v t e Tehran province, Iran
Capital	Tehran
Counties and cities	Baharestan County Nasim Shahr Golestan Salehieh Damavand County Damavand Abali Absard Kilan Rudehen Eslamshahr County Ahmadabad-e Mostowfi Eslamshahr Chahardangeh Firuzkuh County Firuzkuh Arjomand Malard County Malard Safadasht Pakdasht County Pakdasht Sharifabad Pardis County Pardis Bumehen Pishva County Pishva Qarchak County Qarchak Qods County Qods Ray County Rey Baqershahr Hasanabad Kahrizak Robat Karim County Robat Karim Parand Nasirabad Shahriar County Shahriar Andisheh Baghestan Ferdowsieh Sabashahr Shahedshahr Vahidieh Shemiranat County Shemiran Fasham Lavasan Tajrish Tehran County Tehran Varamin County Varamin Javadabad
Landmarks	Azadi Tower Bahman Cultural Center Tabiat Bridge Carpet Museum of Iran Dizin Ebn-e Babooyeh Golestan Palace Grand Bazaar, Tehran Iranian Crown Jewels Malik National Museum of Iran Milad Tower National Museum of Iran Niavaran Complex Pearl Palace Sa'dabad Complex Shebeli Tower Shemshak (ski resort) Bibi Shahr Banu Shrine Tangeh Savashi Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Toopkhaneh Tughrul Tower Reza Abbasi Museum St. Thaddeus and Bartholomew Church St. George Church
Populated places	List of cities, towns and villages in Tehran province
^* indicates that this formerly independent city is now absorbed into Tehran.

v t e Shemiranat County
Capital	Shemiran
Districts	Lavasanat Cities Lavasan Rural Districts and villages Lavasan-e Bozorg (Greater Lavasan) Alain Chahar Bagh Hizom Darreh Ira Kalan Lavasan-e Bozorg Niknam Deh Purzand-e Sofla Purzand-e Vosta Rasanan Tasisat-e Sadd-e Latian Lavasan-e Kuchak (Lesser Lavasan) Afjeh Anbaj Barg-e Jahan Bujan Hanzak Kiur Kond Olya Kond Sofla Kordeyan Mazraeh-ye Sadat Naserabad Posht-e Larijan Rahatabad Sinak Rudbar-e Qasran Cities Fasham Shemshak Rural Districts and villages Rudbar-e Qasran Ab Nik Ahar Aigel Aminabad Ammameh-e Bala Ammameh-e Pain Bagh Gol Garmabdar Haddadiyeh Hajjiabad Kamar Khani Kolugan Lalan Pas Qaleh Rudak Ruteh Zardband Zayegan

• Cities in Tehran province
• Populated places in Shemiranat County