Asara
Asara
City in Alborz province, Iran
Asara (Persian: آسارا)[lower-alpha 1] is a city in, and the capital of, Asara District of Karaj County, Alborz province, Iran.[4] It also serves as the administrative center for Asara Rural District.[5] The city is in the Alborz (Elburz) mountain range.
At the 2006 National Census, Asara's population was 430 in 125 households, when it was in Tehran province.[6] In February 2009, the village merged with the villages of Pol-e Khvab, Rey Zamin, and Sira in the establishment of the new city of Asara.[7] The 2016 census counted 1,339 people in 452 households,[2] by which time the county had separated from the province and become a part of recently established Alborz province.[8]