Eshtehard

For the administrative division, see Eshtehard County. For the village, see Eshtehard Industrial Town. For the former administrative division of Karaj County in Tehran province, see Eshtehard District.

Eshtehard (Persian: اشتهارد)^[a] is a city in the Central District of Eshtehard County, Alborz province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.^[4]

Eshtehard Persian: اشتهارد
City
A holy place in the city of Esthehard
Eshtehard
Coordinates: 35°43′17″N 50°21′53″E[1][2]
Country	Iran
Province	Alborz
County	Eshtehard
District	Central
Population  (2016)[3]
• Total	29,993
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Language and ethnicity

The majority of the people of Eshtehard belong to the Tat ethnic group and they speak the Tati language and Persian language while a minority speaks Turkish.^[5][6][7][8]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 16,988 in 4,813 households,^[9] when it was the capital of the former Eshtehard District in Karaj County, Tehran province.^[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 29,993 inhabitants in 9,357 households,^[3] by which time the county had been separated from the province in the establishment of Alborz province.^[11]

In 2012, the district was separated from the county in establishing Eshtehard County, and Eshtehard was transferred to the new Central District as the county's capital.^[4]

Attractions

Main attractions include Eshtehard Industrial Town and the University of Payam-e Nur—Eshtehard Unit.

See also

Media related to Eshtehard at Wikimedia Commons

Eshtehard travel guide from Wikivoyage

Notes

1. Also romanized as Eŝtehārd; and Tati: Eŝtāhārd