Lowshan () is a city in, and the capital of, Lowshan District of Rudbar County, Gilan province province, Iran.
History
In the beginning of the 13th century, Shamlu clan from
Bigdeli tribe lived in Lowshan village of Tarom.
[ Encyclopaedia İslamica:امرای یکی از طوایف اوجی، از طوایف مشهور شاملو (سومر، ص 209، 211)، پیش از نیمة اول قرن نهم در قریة لوشان، از روستاهای طارم، سکونت داشتند (مرعشی، ص 260ـ261).] Both Lowšān and Manjil had a mainly
Azerbaijanis population from the ʿAmmārlu tribe, together with Tats and Kurds, and belonged to the ʿAmmārlu district.
[Encyclopædia Iranica : MANJIL]
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,596 in 3,584 households, when it was in the Central District.
The following census in 2011 counted 15,193 people in 4,264 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 13,032 people in 3,958 households.
Twelve villages and the city of Lowshan were separated from the district in the formation of Lowshan District in 2024.
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