Lavasanat District

Lavasanat District (Persian: بخش لواسانات‎) is a district (bakhsh) in Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 22,289, in 6,615 families.[1] The administrative center of the district is Lavasan.[2] The District has two rural districts (dehestan): Lavasan-e Bozorg Rural District and Lavasan-e Kuchak Rural District.[2]

During the Qajar era and early 20th century Lavasanat was the transit way between northern slopes of Elburz and Tehran 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.[2] The local dialect or "vernacular" spoken by its natives is a mix of Persian and Caspian.[2] In the village of Ira (as well as Veskara), this vernacular approaches Mazandarani.[2]

References
  1. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
  2. Encyclopaedia Iranica 2017.

Sources
  • Encyclopaedia Iranica (2017). LAVĀSĀN.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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