Vanak () is a neighbourhood in the northern part of

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, capital of

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and there is a square and a street named after it. The word Vanak means "Small (ash) Tree" in Persian. The name derives from the original older village of Vanak (''Deh-e Vanak'') in the area, and today there is also a square called Vanak nearby. Vanak is one of the most important junctures in Tehran and the midpoint for some of the city's highways such as the ''Jahan-Kudak'' (now ''Haghani''), Chamran, Hemmat and Modarres. A small

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community has lived near the Vanak village for a very long time. Today the Ararat Sports Complex is the largest sports complex of

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. The complex located near Vanak square. Vanak is an affluent neighbourhood with highrise commercial buildings, a golf course, chic cafés and malls, and a

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called ''Funfair'' which has not been in operation since 1995.

Mostowfi ol-Mamalek Mirza Hasan Ashtiani (), commonly known by the bestowed title Mostowfi ol-Mamalek (; 1871 – 1932) was an Iranian politician who served as Prime Minister on six occasions from 1910 to 1927. Early life Mostowfi al-Mamalek came from an importan ...

, a former prime minister of

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is buried in a private residence in Vanak neighbourhood.

Other places with the same name in Iran

There is a village with the same name in Farahan (Ashtian) in

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. Probably Mirza Hassan Ashtiani

is from this village. In addition there is another town with the same name (Vanak) near Semirom in Isfahan province. The border of this multi purpose district start from the seoul street on the north and it diverge into the Chamaran and sheykh Bahayi street on the right and left. Vanak reaches to its end in the hemmat expressway. Hashemi Rafsanjani expressway, another important highway in Tehran, passes through the northern part of vanak region. Neighbourhoods in Tehran {{TehranCounty-geo-stub