Lavasan

Lavasan () is a city in, and the capital of, Lavasanat District in Shemiranat County, Tehran province, Iran.

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Settlement.timezone: IRST
Settlement.utc_offset: +3:30
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.name: Lavasan
Settlement.native_name_lang: fa
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: Lavasan_view.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Lavasan
Settlement.pushpin_map: Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Iran
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tehran
Settlement.subdivision_type2

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is a city in, and the capital of, Lavasanat District in Shemiranat County, Tehran province, Iran.

==Etymology== The name of Lavasan is a Middle Persian (Pahlavi) word which means "The Mount Blade of Sunrise" or "Mountaintop of Sunrise". It refers to Mount Damavand that is located in the middle of the Alborz Range in the east of Lavasanat District.