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Village in Kermanshah, Iran · Iraq

# Elyasvand-e Olya

Elyasvand-e Olya is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Harsin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran.

The place

Elyasvand-e Olya is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Harsin County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 357, in 70 families.

Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elyasvand-e_Olya), CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

## Worth seeing in and around Elyasvand-e Olya

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. Ganj Dareh Ganj Dareh is appended to the name) is a Neolithic settlement in western Iran. It is located in the Harsin County in east of Kermanshah Province, in the central Zagros Mountains. 2.1 km · Iranian national heritage site · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganj_Dareh)
2. Eshaqvand Tombs The Essaqwand Rock Tombs are three rock-hewn tombs located 25 km southwest of Harsin in Kermanshah province, Iran. On top of the middle tomb there is a rock relief of a man with his profile toward the viewers. 3.4 km · tombs in Kermanshah Province, Iranian national heritage site · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essaqwand_Rock_Tombs)

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

## Getting to Elyasvand-e Olya

- Kirkuk → Elyasvand-e Olya 313 km · quickest by road, 5h 58m · $34–47 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/kirkuk-to-elyasvand-e-olya) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Kirkuk&to=Elyasvand-e+Olya)
- Baghdad → Elyasvand-e Olya 303 km · quickest by road, 5h 59m · $36–49 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/baghdad-to-elyasvand-e-olya) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Baghdad&to=Elyasvand-e+Olya)
- Najaf → Elyasvand-e Olya 383 km · quickest by road, 7h 59m · $48–65 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/najaf-to-elyasvand-e-olya) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Najaf&to=Elyasvand-e+Olya)
- From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Elyasvand-e%20Olya)

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Not yet researched

## No local-transport research exists yet for Elyasvand-e Olya

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Elyasvand-e Olya. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done

1. [Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/yeghegnadzor) AM 9 ways of moving, 32 sources 641 km
2. [Sheki (Şəki)](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sheki) AZ 10 ways of moving, 46 sources 773 km
3. [Gyumri](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gyumri) AM 12 ways of moving, 47 sources 794 km
4. [Vardzia and the Javakheti plateau](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/vardzia) GE 12 ways of moving, 57 sources 874 km
5. [Gori](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/gori) GE 10 ways of moving, 16 sources 909 km

If you know how people move in Elyasvand-e Olya – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Celyasvand-e-olya&title=Elyasvand-e+Olya&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Felyasvand-e-olya), and the note gets an entry.

Around it

## Next door to Elyasvand-e Olya

Elyasvand-e Olya is 39 km from [Kermanshah](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/kermanshah), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

- [Elyasvand-e Sofla](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/elyasvand-e-sofla) village in Iran 600 m
- [Sanjabid-e Rayegan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sanjabid-e-rayegan) village in Iran 1.8 km
- [Qeysvand](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/qeysvand) village in Iran 2.1 km
- [Choqa Kabud, Harsin](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/choqa-kabud-harsin) village in Iran 2.7 km
- [Qoliabad, Kermanshah](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/qoliabad-kermanshah) village in Iran 1.9 km
- [Eshaqvand-e Olya](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/eshaqvand-e-olya) village in Iran 3.8 km

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