Latyan Dam
Latyan Dam is a buttress dam on the Jajrood River, located less than 25 km from Tehran in the south of city of Lavasan. It is one of the main sources of water for Tehran metropolitan region.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Shemiranat County, Iran
- Also known as: “Farahnaz Dam”, “Farahnaz Pahlavi Dam”, “Faranaz Dam”, “Latian Dam”, “Leyta Dam”, “Sadd-e Faraḩnāz”, “Sadd-e Faraḩnāz-e Pahlavī”, “Sadd-e Latian”, “Sadd-e Latīān”, and “Sadd-e Latyan”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khosrowabad and Lavasan.
Khosrowabad
Town
Khosrowabad is a city in, and the capital of, Jajrud District in Pardis County, Tehran province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Jajrud Rural District. Khosrowabad is situated 4½ km southeast of Latyan Dam.
Lavasan
Town
Photo: Mfarexx, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lavasan is a city in, and the capital of, Lavasanat District in Shemiranat County, Tehran province, Iran. Lavasan is situated 5 km northwest of Latyan Dam.
Shamsabad
Village
Shamsabad is a village in Jajrud Rural District of Jajrud District in Pardis County, Tehran province, Iran. Shamsabad is situated 6 km southeast of Latyan Dam.
Latyan Dam
- Categories: buttress dam, concrete dam, and hydroelectric power station
- Location: Tehran, Central Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.79006° or 35° 47′ 24″ northLongitude
51.67867° or 51° 40′ 43″ eastElevation
1,574 metres (5,164 feet)Height
107 metres (351 feet)Open location code
8H7HQMRH+2FOpenStreetMap ID
way 157207765OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=damGeoNames ID
68479Wikidata ID
Q2885209
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Latyan Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sadd-e Latīān”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سد لاتيان”
- French: “barrage de Latyan”
- French: “Barrage de latyan”
- French: “Barrage de Latyan”
- Gilaki: “سد لتیان دریاچه”
- Hebrew: “סכר לתיאן”
- Italian: “diga di Latyan”
- Persian: “سَدِّ فَرَحنازِ پَهلَوی”
- Persian: “سد فرحناز”
- Persian: “سَدِّ فَرَحناز”
- Persian: “سد لتيان”
- Persian: “سد لتیان”
- Persian: “فَرَنَز دَم”
- Persian: “فَرَهنَز دَم”
- Persian: “لِيتَ دَم”
- Romanian: “Lacul Latyan”
- Russian: “Лятьян”
- Spanish: “Embalse de Latyan”
- Swedish: “Sadd-e Latīān”
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