Asara

For the administrative divisions, see Asara District and Asara Rural District. For other places with the same name, see Asara.

Asara (Persian: آسارا)^[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Asara District in Karaj County, Alborz province, Iran.^[6] It also serves as the administrative center for Asara Rural District.^[7] The city is in the Alborz (Elburz) mountain range.

Asara Persian: آسارا
City
Asara
Coordinates: 36°02′12″N 51°11′40″E[1][2]
Country	Iran
Province	Alborz
County	Karaj
District	Asara
Established as a city	2008[3]
Population  (2016)[4]
• Total	1,339
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, Asara's population was 430 in 125 households, when it was a village in Asara Rural District.^[8] In 2008, Asara merged with the villages of Pol-e Khvab, Rey Zamin, and Sira in forming the new city.^[3] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 1,339 people in 452 households,^[4] by which time the county had been separated from the province in the establishment of Alborz province.^[9]

See also

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Notes

1. Also romanized as Āsārā^[5]