Vanush

Vanush (Persian: ونوش, also Romanized as Vanūsh, Venoosh, and Venūsh)[3] is a village in Kalej Rural District of the Central District of Nowshahr County, Mazandaran province, Iran.

Vanush
Persian: ونوش
Village
Vanush is located in Iran
Vanush
Vanush
Coordinates: 36°33′35″N 51°51′44″E[1]
Country Iran
ProvinceMazandaran
CountyNowshahr
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictKalej
Population
 (2016)[2]
  Total2,669
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

At the 2006 National Census, its population was 2,483 in 679 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 2,322 people in 703 households.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,669 people in 875 households; it was the largest village in its rural district.[2]

Mamraz Lake, the "Lake of Ghosts"

Vanush has the distinction of being the settlement closest to the Lake of Ghosts, a site of natural beauty featuring an eerie, drowned landscape of half-submerged hornbeam trees resembling phantoms in the mist.[6]

References

  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (27 May 2023). "Vanush, Nowshahr County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
  2. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 02. Archived from the original (Excel) on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. Vanush can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3088320" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 02. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  5. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 02. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  6. Digest, Persia (2017-08-24). https://persiadigest.com/en/news/146/the-ghost-lake-in-northern-iran "The ghost lake in northern Iran". en. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
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