Vanak

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Vanak (Persian: ونک) is a neighbourhood in the northern part of Tehran, capital of Iran and there is a square and a street named after it. The word Vanak means "Small (ash) Tree" in Persian.

The name derives from the original older village of Vanak (Deh-e Vanak) in the area, and today there is also a square called Vanak nearby. Vanak is one of the most important junctures in Tehran and the midpoint for some of the city's highways such as the Jahan-Kudak (now Haghani), Chamran, Hemmat and Modarres.

A small

. The complex located near Vanak square.

Vanak is an affluent neighbourhood with highrise commercial buildings, a golf course, chic cafés and malls, and a

called Funfair which has not been in operation since 1995.

Mostowfi ol-Mamalek, a former prime minister of Persia is buried in a private residence in Vanak neighbourhood .

Other places with the same name in Iran

There is a village with the same name in Farahan (Ashtian) in

is from this village.

In addition there is another town with the same name (Vanak) near Semirom in

Isfahan Province

. The border of this multi purpose district start from the seoul street on the north and it diverge into the Chamaran and sheykh Bahayi street on the right and left. Vanak reaches to its end in the hemmat expressway. Hashemi Rafsanjani expressway, another important highway in Tehran, passes through the northern part of vanak region.[1]

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