Garmarud

For the villages in Moallem Kalayeh Rural District, see Garmarud-e Olya and Garmarud-e Sofla. For the village in Gilan province, see Garmarud. For the village in Mazandaran province, see Garm Rud.

Garmarud Persian: گرمارود
Village
Garmarud
Coordinates: 36°22′52″N 50°43′40″E / 36.38111°N 50.72778°E / 36.38111; 50.72778[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Qazvin
County	Qazvin
District	Rudbar-e Alamut-e Sharqi
Rural District	Alamut-e Pain
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	232
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Garmarud (Persian: گرمارود)^[a] is a village in Alamut-e Pain Rural District^[4] of Rudbar-e Alamut-e Sharqi District^[b] in Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Iran.

In The Valley of the Assassins, Garmarud 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.^[6]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 300 in 111 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 244 people in 89 households.^[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 232 people in 106 households.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Garmārūd^[3]
2. Formerly Rudbar-e Alamut District^[5]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (16 September 2024). "Garmarud Sina, دهستان الموت پائین, بخش الموت شرقی [Alamut-e Pain Rural District, Alamut-e Sharqi District], Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 16 September 2024.
2. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 30 November 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. Garmarud can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "10983216" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
4. Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (1 July 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/04/10 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 25 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان قزوین تابع استان زنجان [‌Creation and formation of 25 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Qazvin County under Zanjan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 9425AEBD-4C13-40ED-8980-AB3520B53C94. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 6. Archived from the original on 25 June 2025. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
5. Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (14 April 2010) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1389/01/25 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. اصلاحات تقسیماتی در استان زنجان [‌Renaming of parts of the functions of Qazvin County]. مهدی داودآبادی [Mehdi Davudabadi] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پیشنهاد شماره [Proposal Number] 121102/42/04/1. Archived from the original on 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
6. Stark, Freya, The Valley of the Assassins, Modern Library Edition, New York, 2001 (first published in 1934 by John Murray, London)
7. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Qazvin Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
8. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان قزوین [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Qazvin Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.