Lar

Lar (Persian: لار, also Romanized as Lār; also known as Larestan) is a city in and the capital of Larestan County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 51,961, in 12,891 families. The people of Lar are Shia and Sunni. (There used to exist an important Jewish community there. In fact Lar was an important center of Hebraic learning. Most of the Jews immigrated to Shiraz in the 19th century. Some to Israel.Their family name is Larry/Lari). The city was originally called "Lad" after the person who had first established the city. "Lad" is the name of one of Shahnameh's famous heroes. Around 16th and 17th centuries, Lar was considered to be a major stop along the road to the Persian Gulf. The outstanding specification...