Alvand
Alvand is a subrange of the Zagros Mountains in western Iran located 10 km south of the city of Hamadan in Hamadan province. Its summit has an elevation of 3,580 m.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Baba Tahir Mausoleum and Imamzadeh Hadi (Hamadan).
Baba Tahir Mausoleum
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The Baba Tahir Mausoleum َ in its current form was designed by the architect Mohsen Foroughi during the Pahlavi era and is located in Baba Tahir Square in Hamadan. Baba Tahir Mausoleum is situated 3½ km east of Alvand.
Imamzadeh Hadi (Hamadan)
Shrine
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Imamzadeh Hadi (Hamadan) is a shrine, which is situated 3 km east of Alvand.
Hamadan University of Technology
University
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Hamadan University of Technology is situated 4 km south of Alvand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maryanaj and Ecbatana.
Maryanaj
Neighborhood
Maryanaj is a city in the Central District of Hamadan County, Hamadan province, Iran.
Ecbatana
Locality
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Ecbatana was an ancient city, the capital of the Median kingdom, and the first capital in Iranian history. It later became the summer capital of the Achaemenid and Parthian empires. Ecbatana is situated 4 km southeast of Alvand.
Hamadan
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Hamadan is one of the oldest cities in Western Iran, and some believe the world. The city became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2024.
Alvand
- Type: Park
- Description: mountain in Iran
- Category: mountain
- Location: Central Western Iran, Western Iran, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Alvand” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أروند”
- Arabic: “جبل ألوند”
- Azerbaijani: “Əlvənd dağı”
- Belarusian: “Альванд”
- Catalan: “Alvand”
- Catalan: “Alwand Kuh”
- Catalan: “Alwand”
- Catalan: “Elwend”
- Catalan: “Kuh-i Alwand”
- Cebuano: “Alvand”
- Chinese: “阿爾凡德峰”
- Chinese: “阿爾文德峯”
- Chinese: “阿爾文德峰”
- Danish: “Alvand”
- Dutch: “Alvand”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل الڤاند”
- French: “Kuh-e Alvand”
- German: “Alvand”
- Hebrew: “הר אלוונד”
- Hindi: “अलवंद”
- Japanese: “アルヴァンド山”
- Kurdish: “Elwend”
- Ladin: “Alvand”
- Malayalam: “അൽവാന്ദ് പർവ്വതനിര”
- Persian: “الوند”
- Persian: “رشته کوه الوند”
- Persian: “رشته کوهٔ الوند”
- Persian: “رشتهٔ کوهٔ الوند”
- Persian: “کوهستان الوند”
- Romanian: “Alvand”
- South Azerbaijani: “الوند داغلاری”
- Spanish: “Alvand Kuh”
- Spanish: “Alvand”
- Spanish: “Alwand”
- Spanish: “Kuh-e Alvand”
- Turkish: “Alvand”
- Turkish: “Alvend”
- Urdu: “کوہ الوند”
- Uzbek: “Alvand”
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