Gamasb

Gamasb گاماسب
village
Gamasb
Coordinates: 34°02′16″N 48°27′43″E / 34.03778°N 48.46194°E / 34.03778; 48.46194Coordinates: 34°02′16″N 48°27′43″E / 34.03778°N 48.46194°E / 34.03778; 48.46194
Country	Iran
Province	Hamadan
County	Nahavand
Bakhsh	Central
Rural District	Gamasiyab
Population (2006)
• Total	1,028
Time zone	IRST (UTC+3:30)
• Summer (DST)	IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Gamasb (Persian: گاماسب‎‎, also Romanized as Gāmāsb; also known as Fāmāst, Gāmāsp, and Pamas)^[1] is a village in Gamasiyab Rural District, in the Central District of Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,028, in 231 families.^[2]

Panoramic view

Panoramic view from the square

History

Gamasb is one of the oldest existing villages in Nahavand County.

Language

Lori (a Persian dialect).

Arabic music

Famast also gives its name to the musical mode (maqam) Nahwand in Arabic, Iranian and Turkish and Lorestan music. This mode is known for its wide variety of Western sounding melodies.

References

↑ Gamasb can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3062617" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.

External links

Nahavand County

Capital

Nahavand

Districts

Central

Cities

Nahavand

Rural Districts
and villages

Gamasiyab	Baba Qasem Badiabad Bashirabad Bian Deh Choqai Deh-e Heydar Gamasb Gerd-e Cham Gol Heydar Gusheh-ye Badi ol Zaman Hoseynabad Karak Mahmudabad Milab Nesar Panbeh Dar Qaleh-ye Qobad Sefid Khaneh Sohran Sorkh Kand Varayeneh Vesht Zareabad

Shaban	Amirabad Baba Rostam Bagh-e Kuh Banesareh Barjak Cheshmeh Kabud Darreh-ye Ebrahim Deh Now-e Olya Deh Now-e Sofla Fiazaman Gurjiu Jahanabad Kheyr Qoli Khvajeh Hoseyni Kuhani Mohammadiyeh-e Olya Mohammadiyeh-e Sofla Moradabad Oshvand Qaleh-ye Barudab Qaleh-ye Zorati Qeshlaq Baba Rostam Ravand-e Olya Ravand-e Vosta Raziabad Rud-e Hasan-e Olya Rud-e Hasan-e Sofla Shaban Tazehnab-e Mohammad Baqer Tazehnab-e Olya Tazehnab-e Sofla Tazehnab-e Vosta Tekkeh Zamanabad

Tariq ol Eslam	Alamdar Chulak Qapanuri Chulak-e Asali Deh Bureh Deh Ful Deh Sorkheh Dehqanabad-e Chulak Do Cheshmeh Fahrumand Firuzabad-e Tayemeh Gusheh-ye Sad-e Vaqas Hoseynabad-e Chulak Kafraj Lavashan Malusan Miangaran Mohammadabad-e Chulak Qeshlaq-e Deh Ful Sad-e Vaqas Sadeqabad-e Qapanuri Shademaneh Siah Darreh Tayemeh Vahman

Giyan

Cities

Giyan

Rural Districts
and villages

Giyan	Chenaran Hajjiabad-e Kark Hoseynabad Gian Kark-e Olya Kark-e Sofla Sorkh Lijeh

Sarab	Asadabad Gilabad Mahanabad Mianabad Varazaneh Zafarabad

Khezel

Cities

Firuzan

Rural Districts
and villages

Khezel-e Sharqi (East Khezel)	Abd ol Maleki Abu ol Fathabad Ahmadabad-e Daryab Ahmadabad-e Olya Akbarabad Barreh Farakh Borjaki Cham Kabud Cheshmeh Mahi Choqa Sarahi Darreh Mirza Darsibeh Daryab Deh Musa Deh Now-e Abd ol Maleki Firuzabad-e Sofla Gareh Choqa Gerdian Hajjiabad Hom-e Khosrow Kahriz-e Jamal Kahriz-e Salah ol Din Kahriz-e Salim Kangavar-e Kohneh Karateh-ye Vasaj Kutah Darreh Mahmudiyeh Qeshlaq-e Najaf Qeshlaq-e Valiollah Qilab Sharifabad Shatzal Siah Darreh-ye Olya Tappeh Yazdan Tarik Darreh-ye Bala Tarik Darreh-ye Pain Vasaj Zapon Zarrin Bagh

Solgi	Abbasabad Aliabad Aminabad Amirabad Dowlatabad Farsban Givaki Habibabad Hadiabad Hoseynabad-e Serkan Jafarabad Kamalvand Leyli Yadegar Lilas Mahmudvand Motamedabad Musaabad Razini Rudbari Shahrak Shiravand Tappeh Ali

Zarrin Dasht

Cities

Barzul

Rural Districts
and villages

Fazl	Akbarabad Anbar Qanbar Asgarabad Band Aman Doraneh Sar Duran Zaramin-e Olya Zaramin-e Sofla

Garin	Aznahri Balajub Chenari Gonbad-e Kabud Leylan Tavaneh Vali Sir Ab

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