Garmarud

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Garmarud
Persian: گرمارود
Village
Garmarud is located in Iran
Garmarud
Garmarud
Coordinates: 36°22′52″N 50°43′40″E / 36.38111°N 50.72778°E / 36.38111; 50.72778[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceQazvin
CountyQazvin
DistrictRudbar-e Alamut-e Sharqi
Rural DistrictAlamut-e Pain
Population
 (2016)[2]
  Total
232
Time zoneUTC+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]

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]

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