Latyan Dam

Latyan Dam, formerly Farahnaz Pahlavi Dam, is a buttress dam on the Jajrood River, located less than 25 km from , south of the city of . Constructed between 1963 and 1967, it is one of the main sources of water for the Tehran metropolitan region.
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  • Dam
  • …lies at an elevation of 1,574 metres (5,164 feet)
  • …stands 107 metres (351 feet) tall
  • 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 Latīān”
    “Sadd-e Latyan”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Khosrowabad and Lavasan.
is a city in, and the capital of, Jajrud… is situated 4½ km southeast of Latyan Dam.
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is a city in, and the capital of, Lavasanat… is situated 5 km northwest of Latyan Dam.
is a village in Jajrud Rural District… is situated 6 km southeast of Latyan Dam.

Latyan Dam

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Latitude
35.79006° or 35° 47′ 24″ north
Longitude
51.67867° or 51° 40′ 43″ east
Open location code
8H7HQMRH+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 157207765
Open­Street­Map feature
waterway=­dam
Geo­Names ID
68479
Wiki­data 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”

Localities in the Area

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Nearby Places

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