Lahijan
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| Province : | Gilan | ||
| Coordinates : | 37 ° 12 ′ N , 50 ° 0 ′ E | ||
| Height : | 4 m | ||
| Residents : | 94,051 (2011) | ||
| Time zone : | UTC +3: 30 | ||
Lahidschan (also Lahidjan , Persian لاهيجان Lāhījān ) is a major city in northwestern Iran . It is located in the province of Gilân , not far from the southwestern part of the Caspian Sea . The city has about 94,000 inhabitants (October 2011 census). Because of its many tea plantations, Lahidschan is known as the city of " the green carpet ". The "Lāhījān Spring Tea" is considered a product of the highest quality in Iran. Not only tea, but also bamboo cultivation and silk production have made the region known far beyond the region since time immemorial. Rice is also grown in this fertile region.
The city has a university, the Azad Islamic University Lāhīdschān, with a comprehensive educational format .
At the foot of the Scheitan Kuh (Devil's Mountain or Satan's Mountain) on the outskirts of Lahidschan lies the Lahidschan Lake (Estachreh Lahidschan), from which it is possible to climb the aforementioned mountain past a waterfall. Before the revolution , efforts were made to build a cable car here. The project failed after the ground station was completed. With Austrian help, the gondola lift was finally completed in 2006. The Scheitan cow gives excellent views of the Caspian Sea.
Attractions
- Baam-e-Sabz / Sabze Bom - Lahidschan Observatory
- Estakhre Lahijan / Lahijone Estakhr - Lake Lahidschan
- Baque-ye cahar shahan / Boghaye Tchaharpadeshahon - tomb of the four kings (the tomb dates back to the 13th century)
- Boghaye Mirshamsoldine Lahidji - Crypt of Mir Shamsedin Lāhīdschī
- Hamam-e golshan / Hammame Golshan - Golschan-Bad (historical public bathing facility)
- Masjed-e Jame '- Friday Mosque
- Shen Chal / Shentchal - near Soostan / Suston
- Tea museum
- Kheshte Pol / Khashte Purd - old brick bridge
- Amjadossoltan - tomb of Farah Pahlavi (Diba) 's
- Sheikh Zayed Gilani / Sheykh zahed - a simple mausoleum worth seeing on the route to Langarud
sons and daughters of the town
- Mohammad Ali Mojtahedi (1908–1997) - founder of Sharif University of Technology , university director
- Hazin Lahiji (1692–1766) - Lahidjan (Iranian) poet and scholar
- Zahed Gilani (1216–1301) - Grand Master of the famous Zahediyyeh Sufi order at Lahidschan
- Kashef as-Soltan - is considered the founder of Iranian tea cultivation (around 1900)
literature
- Hans Berger: Iran . 5th edition. Conrad Stein Verlag , 2001, ISBN 3-89392-273-3 (travel manual).
Web links
- Lahijan . In: Ehsan Yarshater (Ed.): Encyclopædia Iranica (English, including references)
- Islamic Azad University of Lahijan (Homepage)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Census of October 24, 2011
- ↑ Peter Kerber: Iran: Islamic State with a culture that is thousands of years old . Trescher Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-89794-136-6 , pp. 278 ( limited preview in Google Book search).