Neyasar

City in Isfahan province, Iran

City in Isfahan, Iran

Neyasar Persian: نياسر
City
City of Neyasar
33°58′21″N 51°08′55″E / 33.97250°N 51.14861°E / 33.97250; 51.14861^[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Isfahan
County	Kashan
District	Neyasar
Population (2016)^[2]
• Total	2,319
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Website	www.niasar.com/index.php

Neyasar (Persian: نياسر, also Romanized as Niāsar, Nīāsar, and Nīyā Sar; also known as Nezār)^[3]^[4] is a city in, and the capital of, Neyasar District of Kashan County, Isfahan province, Iran.^[5] It also serves as the administrative center for Neyasar Rural District.^[6]

At the 2006 census, its population was 2,003 in 586 households.^[7] The following census in 2011 counted 2,171 people in 647 households.^[8] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 2,319 people in 780 households.^[2]

Neyasar is located in the northwest of Kashan in the province of Isfahan. It is a Garden City because it was a small village and now it has become a city with many gardens. Neyasar is famous for Flower-Water Festival. This Festival begin in second week of Ordibehesht (first of May). In this festival people install pots and mixed flowers and water and then turn fire under pot after 13 hours steam of water moved to another container and then moved to the rose bottle. Many people from all around of world and from Iran gathered in Neyasar to viewing this festival.^{[citation needed]}

Landscape near the city of Neyasar

Language

It is a Persian-speaking town.^[9]

Archaeology

Middle Paleolithic stone tools have been discovered in travertine deposits close to spring that date back to more than 40.000 years ago.^[10] Niasar Fire Temple is a structure with a dome, above the spring of Niasar Village. It is believed to have been built during the reign of Ardashir I, 224-242 CE.^[11]

Notable residents

Hassan Shariati Niyasar, Shia cleric and politician

References

^ OpenStreetMap contributors (16 June 2023). "Neyasar, Kashan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 10. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ Neyasar can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3076971" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ "روستاهای اصفهان". دانشنامه شهری ایران (in Persian). 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
^ Habibi, Hassan. "Conversion of Neyasar village under Kashan County in Isfahan province to Neyasar city". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
^ Mousavi, Mirhossein (10 July 2018). "Creation and establishment of eight rural districts including villages, farms and places mentioned in this approval letter in Kashan County under Isfahan province". Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 10. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 10. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ "Atlas of the Languages of Iran".
^ Biglari, F. (2004) The Preliminary Survey of Paleolithic Sites in the Kashan region., In S.M. Shahmirzadi (ed.), The Silversmiths of Sialk (Sialk Reconsideration Project), Report No. 2: 151-168. Archaeological Research Center. Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization,Tehran
^ Rezaeinia (2018). Some Remarks on the Architectural Structure and Function of the Niasar Chahar Taq. Journal of Archaeological Research of Bu-Ali University, 8(17), 141-160.

Isfahan province, Iran

Capital

Isfahan

Counties
and cities

Aran va Bidgol County	Aran va Bidgol Abuzeydabad Nushabad Sefidshahr
Ardestan County	Ardestan Mahabad Zavareh
Borkhar County	Dowlatabad Dastgerd Habibabad Khvorzuq Komeshcheh Shadpurabad
Buin va Miandasht County	Buin va Miandasht Afus
Chadegan County	Chadegan Rozveh
Dehaqan County	Dehaqan
Falavarjan County	Falavarjan Abrisham Baharan Shahr Imanshahr Kelishad va Sudarjan Pir Bakran Qahderijan Zazeran
Faridan County	Daran Damaneh
Fereydunshahr County	Fereydunshahr Barf Anbar
Golpayegan County	Golpayegan Golshahr Guged
Isfahan County	Isfahan Baharestan Ezhiyeh Harand Hasanabad Kuhpayeh Mohammadabad Nasrabad Nikabad Sagzi Tudeshk Varzaneh
Kashan County	Kashan Barzok Jowsheqan va Kamu Meshkat Neyasar Qamsar
Khomeyni Shahr County	Khomeyni Shahr Dorcheh Piaz Kushk
Khur and Biabanak County	Khur Jandaq Farrokhi
Khvansar County	Khvansar
Lenjan County	Zarrin Shahr Bagh-e Bahadoran Chamgardan Chermahin Fuladshahr Sedeh Lenjan Varnamkhast Zayandeh Rud
Mobarakeh County	Mobarakeh Dizicheh Karkevand Talkhvoncheh Zibashahr
Nain County	Nain Anarak Bafran
Najafabad County	Najafabad Alavicheh Dehaq Goldasht Jowzdan Kahriz Sang
Natanz County	Natanz Badrud Khaledabad
Semirom County	Semirom Hana Komeh Noqol Vanak
Shahreza County	Shahreza Manzariyeh
Shahin Shahr and Meymeh County	Shahin Shahr Gaz Meymeh Vazvan
Tiran and Karvan County	Tiran Asgaran Rezvanshahr