Oshtorinan is a city in and capital of Oshtorinan District

Oshtorinan District

Oshtorinan District is a district in Borujerd County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 35,368, in 9,148 families. The District has one city: Oshtorinan.- References :...

, in Borujerd County

Borujerd County

Borujerd County is a county in Lorestan Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Borujerd. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 320,547, in 82,676 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District and Oshtorinan District...

, Lorestan Province

Lorestan Province

Lorestan Province is a historic territory and province of western Iran, amidst the Zagros Mountains. The population of Lorestan was estimated at 1,716,527 people in 2006.Lorestan covers an area of 28,392 km²...

, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 5,264, in 1,408 families.

Oshtorinan has a cold weather and is an agricultural centre. The population of the town is less than 10000 (2006). Oshtorinan is located between Borujerd, Malayer

Malayer

Malayer , also Romanized as Dowlatābād and Daūlatābād) is a city in and capital of Malayer County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 153,748, in 40,750 families....

, and Nahavand

Nahavand

Nahavand is a city in and capital of Nahavand County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 72,218, in 19,419 families. It is located south of Hamadan, east of Malayer and northwest of Borujerd...

 in 15 km NW of Borujerd and historically has been used as a caravanserai for traveling from Borujerd to Hamedan, and from Isfahan

Isfahan (city)

Isfahan , historically also rendered in English as Ispahan, Sepahan or Hispahan, is the capital of Isfahan Province in Iran, located about 340 km south of Tehran. It has a population of 1,583,609, Iran's third largest city after Tehran and Mashhad...

 to Baghdad

Baghdad

Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...

. In the 20th c. the town was mentioned as Oshtad or Ashtad in local maps which means run or excess.