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Lorestan

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Lorestan or Luristan , province (1991 pop. 1,501,778), c.11,700 sq mi (30,300 sq km), W Iran. The chief cities are the capital Khorramabad and Borujerd. The region consists mainly of forested and pastured mountain ranges; the highest point is c.13,000 ft (3,962 m). It has large petroleum deposits. Agriculture, however, is the chief industry. Crops include grain, cotton, fruit, vegetables, and oilseed; there are industries in cotton ginning and food processing. The inhabitants are mainly Lurs and Bakhtiari. From Lorestan came (18th cent. BC) the Kassite conquerors of Babylonia. The noted... Read more

Lorestan
Lorestan, Iran A province also spelt Luristan whose name means ‘Land of the Lurs’, a Shī'a Muslim people. Read more

Luristan Bronze
or Lorestan Bronze Objects excavated since the late 1920s in the valleys of the Zagros Mountains in the Luristan region of western Iran. Dating... Read more

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	LORESTAN'S FISH OUTPUT OVERVIEW ; ...cold-water fishes were produced in fish ponds of Lorestan. Most of Lorestan's fish farms raise rainbow trout and various dace...were produced and distributed among fish farmers of Lorestan and other provinces. The industry also created 172... Read more
	LORESTAN NON-OIL EXPORTS ON THE RISE ; According to "Tehran Times", Lorestan's non-oil exports in the past eleven months of the current Iranian year (Mar. 21, 2004-Feb. 20, 2005) stood at 199,119 dollars... Read more
	LORESTAN WHEAT FARMS UNDER THREAT FROM LEAF BEETLES ; According to "Tehran Times", about 70 thousand hectares of Lorestan's wheat farms are said to be under threat of cereal leaf beetles, an official in the provincial organization of agricultural jihad... Read more
	NORWAY'S HYDRO REQUESTS TO DEVELOP LORESTAN OILFIELD ; According to "Tehran Times", Norway's Hydro Oil Company has requested to develop an oilfield in Iran's Lorestan Province. Hydro and Statoil are two companies from Norway that have also expressed inclination to develop another oilfield in the... Read more
	LORESTAN ACCOUNTS FOR 24% OF IRAN'S DECORATIVE STONES PRODUCTION ; According to "Tehran Times", some 24 percent of Iran's decorative stones are produced in this western province. Lorestan also produced three percent of the world's decorative stones, he added, implying that the region could turn into a global site... Read more
	SWEET CORN COVERAGE IN LORESTAN ON THE RISE ; ...farming covers some 333 hectares of land in this western province. Field corn farming has covered 52 hectares of farmlands in Lorestan, Alikhani stated. This year, some 50 tons of chemical fertilizers and 10 tons of improved seeds have been distributed among... Read more
	LORESTAN'S NON-OIL EXPORTS ON THE RISE ; ...by 88% in the first three months of the current Iranian year (started March 21, 2006) compared to the same period last year. Lorestan Customs reported export of 1,597 tons of non-oil goods for $1.71 million in the said period. The volume mainly consisted of... Read more
	LORESTAN PROVINCE HONEY PRODUCTION ON THE RISE ; ...in the last Iranian year. Of the annual honey output, he implied, some 500 tons would be offered to the local markets and the rest would be exported to other provinces. Lorestan is a mountainous region with a long history of honey and honeybees. Read more
	The Aurignacian in the Zagros region: new research at Yafteh Cave, Lorestan, Iran.(Research) ; ...magnificent corpus of protohistoric rock art in the Houmian region of Lorestan (Adeli et al. 2001; Otte et al. 2003; Remacle et al., in press...various sites (Figure 1), Yafteh Cave in the Khoramabad region (Lorestan province) was selected for new test excavations, with the assistance... Read more
	Earthquake hits west Iran, killing about 50 persons.(Main News) ; TEHRAN (Reuters) a A strong earthquake hit Lorestan province in west Iran yesterday, killing...official said. In a state radio report, Lorestan Governor-General Mohammad Reza Mohseni-Sa...the disaster control committee in the Lorestan governoras office, told Reuters earlier... Read more

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	IRAN: LORESTAN CARPET UNION MANAGING DIRECTOR STRESSES NEED FOR EXPORT CENTER.(Brief Article)
	IRAN: LORESTAN NON-OIL GOODS EXPORT STATISTICS.(data for year ending March 21, 2002)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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