Lowshan

Lowshan
Persian: لوشان
City
Lowshan is located in Iran
Lowshan
Lowshan
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 36°37′40″N 49°30′41″E / 36.62778°N 49.51139°E / 36.62778; 49.51139
CountryIran
ProvinceGilan
CountyRudbar
DistrictLowshan
Population
 (2016 Census)
 • Total
13,032
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Lowshan (Persian: لوشان) is a city in, and the capital of, Lowshan District of Rudbar County, Gilan province, Iran. It is located on the Shahrood river in the Alborz (Elburz) mountain range.

History

In the beginning of the 13th century, Shamlu clan from Bigdeli 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.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,596 in 3,584 households, when it was in the Central District. The following census in 2011 counted 15,193 people in 4,264 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 13,032 people in 3,958 households.

In 2024, 12 villages and the city of Lowshan were separated from the district in the formation of Lowshan District.

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also romanized as Looshan and Lowshān; also known as Loshan, Pol-e-Lowshān and Pul'-i-Loshan

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (14 October 2024). "قره تیکان بالا, دهستان کلشتر, بخش رودبار زیتون [Qarah Tikan-e Bala, Kalashtar Rural District, Rudbar-e Zeytun District], Rudbar County, Gilan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "JGH6+4H6 Lowshan, Gilan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 22 November 2025.
  3. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ↑ Lowshan at GEOnet Names Server
  5. 1 2 Aref, Mohammad Reza (10 August 2024) [۱۴۰۳/۵/۲۰ (1403/05/20) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در بخش مرکزی شهرستان رودبار استان گیلان [‌Approval regarding the national divisions in the Central District of Rudbar County, Gilan province]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. پیشنهاد شماره ۳۷۰۰۷ [Proposal No. 37007]. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 21 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Encyclopaedia İslamica:امرای‌ یکی‌ از طوایف‌ اوجی‌، از طوایف‌ مشهور شاملو (سومر، ص‌ 209، 211)، پیش‌ از نیمة‌ اول‌ قرن‌ نهم‌ در قریة‌ لوشان‌، از روستاهای‌ طارم‌، سکونت‌ داشتند (مرعشی‌، ص‌ 260ـ261).
  7. ↑ Encyclopædia Iranica :MANJIL
  8. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  9. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Gilan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.