Iran
Western Iran
Alborz

Shemshak

Shemshak is a village in with a popular ski resort. It is north-east of in the Alborz mountain range. Shemshak is the second largest ski area in Iran after and came into operation in 1958.
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Darband Sar and Jirud.

Village
is a neighborhood in the city of Shemshak in Rudbar-e Qasran District of Shemiranat County, province, .

Village
is a neighborhood in the city of Shemshak in Rudbar-e Qasran District of Shemiranat County, province, .

Shemshak

Latitude
36.0114° or 36° 0′ 41″ north
Longitude
51.4909° or 51° 29′ 27″ east
Population
3,420
Elevation
2,798 metres (9,180 feet)
Open location code
8H8H2F6R+G9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1408415149
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8304111
Wiki­data ID
Q915521
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tajik—“Shemshak” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شمشك”
  • Central Kurdish: “شەمشەک”
  • Chinese: “Shemshak”
  • Dutch: “Shemshak”
  • French: “Shemshak”
  • German: “Schemschak”
  • German: “Shemshak”
  • Irish: “Shemshak”
  • Kurdish: “Şêmşek”
  • Malagasy: “Shemshak”
  • Mazanderani: “شمشک”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Shemshak”
  • Persian: “شمشک دربندسر”
  • Persian: “شمشک”
  • Polish: “Szemszak”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Šemšak”
  • Tajik: “Шемшак”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Shemshak”. Photo: Koenigf, CC BY 3.0.