Zavarak
Persian: زوارك
Village
Zavarak is located in Iran
Zavarak
Zavarak
Coordinates: 36°23′43″N 50°40′13″E / 36.39528°N 50.67028°E / 36.39528; 50.67028[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceQazvin
CountyQazvin
DistrictAlamut-e Sharqi
Rural DistrictAlamut-e Pain
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total102
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Zavarak (Persian: زوارك, also Romanized as Zavārak)[3] is a village in, and the capital of, Alamut-e Pain Rural District,[4] Alamut-e Sharqi District, Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Iran.

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 176 in 57 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 126 people in 43 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 102 people in 39 households.[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.[7]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (9 January 2024). "Zavarak, Qazvin County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 26. Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ 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".
  4. ↑ Mousavi, Mirhossein. "Creation and formation of 25 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Qazvin County under Zanjan province". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  5. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 26. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 26. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. ↑ 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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