Lowshan ( fa, لوشان, also
Romanize
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d as Lowshān, Loshan and Looshan; also known as Pol-e-Lowshān and Pul’-i-Loshan) is a city in the
Central District of
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 ...
,
Gilan Province, northern
Iran
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.
It is located on the
Shahrood river
Shahrood or Shah-Rud ( fa, شاهرود, Shāhrūd, literally meaning ''The great river'' or ''the river of the king''), also translated as ''Shah River'', is a river of northern Iran.
Course
The Shahrood originates on the slopes of the Takht-e S ...
in the
Alborz (''Elburz'') mountain range.
At the 2006 census, its population was 14,596, in 3,584 families.In the beginning of the 13th century, Shamlu clan from
Bigdeli Bigdeli is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ali Bigdeli (born 1987), Iranian football player
*Azar Bigdeli (1722–1781), Iranian anthologist and poet
*Gholamhossein Bigdeli
Gholamhossein Bigdeli,( fa, غلامحسین بی ...
tribe lived in Lowshan village of Tarom. Both Lowšān and Manjil had a mainly
Turkish population from the ʿAmmārlu tribe, together with Tats and Kurds, and belonged to the ʿAmmārlu district.
[Encyclopædia Iranica]
MANJIL
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References
External links
Lowshan.com
— ''scientific and cultural Website''.
Cities in Gilan Province
Populated places in Rudbar County
Settled areas of Elburz
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