Zavarak, Qazvin

Zavarak
زوارك
village
Zavarak
Coordinates: 36°23′43″N 50°40′13″E / 36.39528°N 50.67028°E / 36.39528; 50.67028Coordinates: 36°23′43″N 50°40′13″E / 36.39528°N 50.67028°E / 36.39528; 50.67028
Country  Iran
Province Qazvin
County Qazvin
Bakhsh Rudbar-e Alamut
Rural District Alamut-e Pain
Population (2006)
  Total 176
Time zone IRST (UTC+3:30)
  Summer (DST) IRDT (UTC+4:30)

Zavarak (Persian: زوارك, also Romanized as Zavārak)[1] is a village in Alamut-e Pain Rural District, Rudbar-e Alamut District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 176, in 57 families.[2]

In The Valley of the Assassins, Zavarak is mentioned by British traveller and explorer Freya Stark as a place she visits during one of her Persian tours in the 1930s. She describes the immediate region in some detail.[3]

References

  1. Zavarak can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3839207" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
  3. Stark, Freya, The Valley of the Assassins, Modern Library Edition, New York, 2001 (first published in 1934 by John Murray, London)
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