Garmarud Explained

Official Name:Garmarud
Native Name:گرمارود
Settlement Type:village
Pushpin Map:Iran
Mapsize:150px
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Qazvin
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Qazvin
Subdivision Type3:Bakhsh
Subdivision Name3:Rudbar-e Alamut
Subdivision Type4:Rural District
Subdivision Name4:Alamut-e Pain
Population As Of:2006
Population Total:300
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Timezone Dst:IRDT
Utc Offset Dst:+4:30
Coordinates:36.3811°N 50.7278°W

Garmarud (Persian: گرمارود, also Romanized as Garmārūd) is a village in Alamut-e Pain Rural District, Rudbar-e Alamut District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 300, in 111 families.

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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Stark, Freya, The Valley of the Assassins, Modern Library Edition, New York, 2001 (first published in 1934 by John Murray, London)