Lavasanat District () is in

Shemiranat County Shemiranat County () is in Tehran province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwes ...

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

. Its capital is the city of

Lavasan Lavasan () 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 Sunri ...

History

During the Qajar era and early 20th century Lavasanat was the transit way between northern slopes of

Elburz The Alborz ( ) 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 northeast and merge ...

and

with Great Lavasan (Lavasan Bozorg),

Ammameh Ammameh (), is a village combining the villages of Amameh- Bala and Amameh-Pain in Rudbar-e Qasran Rural District of Rudbar-e Qasran District, Shemiranat County, Tehran province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (I ...

Afjeh Afjeh () is a village in, and the capital of, Lavasan-e Kuchak Rural District of Lavasanat District of Shemiranat County, Tehran province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a count ...

and Najarkala known as the most famous towns of Lavasanat.

Demographics

Language

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 *The Caspian languages spoken in northern Iran and southeastern Azerbaij ...

. In the village of Ira (as well as Veskara), this vernacular approaches Mazandarani.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the district's population was 22,289 in 6,615 households. The following census in 2011 counted 25,376 people in 8,196 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the district as 29,860 inhabitants in 10,138 households.

Administrative divisions

References

Sources

* {{Shemiranat County, state=collapsed Districts of Tehran province Populated places in Shemiranat County