Najmabad
نجم اباد
Village
Najmabad is located in Iran
Najmabad
Najmabad
Coordinates: 35°50′44″N 50°30′17″E / 35.84556°N 50.50472°E / 35.84556; 50.50472
Country Iran
ProvinceAlborz
CountyNazarabad
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictNajmabad
Population
 (2011)
 • Total3,757
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
Area code0098 26

Najmabad (Persian: نجم اباد, romanized: Najmābād)[1] is a village in Najmabad Rural District, in the Central District of Nazarabad County, Alborz Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 3,932, in 939 families.[2]

The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi listed Najmabad as one of the main villages in the district of Sāvojbolāgh.[3]

Geolocation

Najm Abad village as the center of Najm Abad rural district is located in the southwest of NazarAbad city, from the north to NazarAbad, from the south to Eshtehard city, from the west to Qazvin Plain. and it is limited to Tankaman section from the east. The village of Najmabad with an age of 1500 years is located at a distance of 108 km from Tehran and 56 km from Karaj.

population

According to the census of Statistical Center of Iran in 2010, its population was 3,757 people (1058 households).

Rural

Rural of this village was established in June 2003 with the permission of the Ministry of Interior, and in July of the same year started its work.

tourist attractions

Imamzadeh chehel dokhtar: This shrine is located four kilometers east of Najmabad village in a flat area and in the plain. This mausoleum is a single building, without garlands and has a public cemetery. The construction date of this old building reaches the 8th century AH, although many parts of it have been restored and renovated over time, and these repairs continued until the 12th century AH. This imamzadeh is considered one of the valuable historical and cultural tombs of Nazarabad city and attracts a large number of pilgrims daily.

Seasonal River: This river flows in the south of the village, which originates from the Kurdan mountains, and after traveling a distance near the city of eshtehard, it merges with Shour River and Finally, it is poured into namak Lake.

Najmabad Desert: The pristine and beautiful area is located in the southwest of Nazarabad and northeast of Buin Zahra. It is a desert that is about 30 km wide and 30 km long, and in spring it turns into a swamp full of water, and in summer it is considered a semi-desert region, and there are also many seasonal rivers in this The desert is flowing. This desert area has been declared a protected area by Environment because of the existence of animals such as Gazelle, snake.

Namaki cave: A multi-million-year-old salt cave is located in the south of Najmabad, in a completely erosive and desert environment. The cave is about 350 meters long and has 3 entrances. Inside the halls of the salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes cave, there are very beautiful salt lamps that have created unique and unique scenery. At the beginning of the cave entrance, there is a salt flow that enters from one side and exits from the other.

Wetland: The existence of a very large lake that forms seasonally next to the entrance of Gharnamaki and among the heights of the valley ring and is the habitat of various animal and plant species, adds to the tourism attractions of the region.

Colored mountains, ancient hill, natural glacier, old structure of the seminary, stone house, beautiful watermelon fields, many herds of camel (one and two humps) are among other tourist attractions of [[Najmabad] village]].

Weather

The climate of the village is relatively moderate and at the same time a hot and dry desert, and the reason for this is the existence of valley ring mountains in the south and being in the semi-desert area.

occupation

Most of the people of Najmabad are engaged in agriculture and livestock because of the arable land and abundant water. Najmabad village with 18 farms and 4200 hectares has suitable soil for agriculture. Grapes and Watermelon this area is very famous; And in terms of wheat production, it is in the first row in Nazarabad and Savojbolagh cities and is considered one of the best in Alborz province.

References

  1. ↑ Najmabad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3076333" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  2. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  3. ↑ Hamdallah Mustawfi (1919). Le Strange, Guy (ed.). The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub. p. 69. Retrieved 10 October 2022.


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