Sefid Aran
village in Alborz, Iran
Sefid Aran (Persian: سفيداران) is a village in Chendar Rural District of Chendar District in Savojbolagh County, Alborz province, Iran.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 32 in 14 households, when it was in Tehran province. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 132 people in 47 households, by which time the county had been separated from the province in the establishment of Alborz province.
Etymology
The word sefid means "white," and the word aran means "trees."
Tourism
The three Juzehrud Waterfalls (جوزه رود, also romanized as Jōse Rood) are located in Sefid Aran village.
“Sefid Aran” enters the record as village in Alborz, Iran. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sefid, Aran and village can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 14, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q5792760. Authority coordinates are 36.055, 50.868. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006 and 2016.
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This entry incorporates text from “Sefid Aran” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.