Neyasar

For the administrative divisions, see Neyasar District and Neyasar Rural District.

Neyasar Persian: نياسر
City
City of Neyasar
Neyasar
Coordinates: 33°58′21″N 51°08′55″E[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)^[a] 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] The village of Neyasar was levated to the status of a city in 1997.^[7]

Demographics

Language

It is a Persian-speaking town.^[8]

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 2,003 in 586 households.^[9] The following census in 2011 counted 2,171 people in 647 households.^[10] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 2,319 people in 780 households.^[2]

Geography

Neyasar is in the northwest of Kashan County 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

Archaeology

Middle Paleolithic stone tools have been discovered in travertine deposits close to spring that date back to more than 40.000 years ago.^[11] 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.^[12]

Notable residents

• Hassan Shariati Niyasar, Shia cleric and politician

See also

Iran portal

Notes

1. Also romanized as Niāsar, Nīāsar, and Nīyā Sar; also known as Nezār^[3][4]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (29 November 2024). "Neyasar, Kashan County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 29 November 2024.
2. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Isfahan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. 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".
4. "روستاهای اصفهان". دانشنامه شهری ایران (in Persian). 6 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
5. Habibi, Hassan (c. 2024) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Isfahan province, centered in the city of Isfahan. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808-907; Notification 82838/T131K. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024 – via Lam ta Kam.
6. Mousavi, Mirhossein (c. 2023) [Approved 4 October 1366]. Creation and establishment of eight rural districts including villages, farms and places mentioned in this approval letter in Kashan County under Isfahan province. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 47/5/1/53. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
7. Habibi, Hassan (c. 2024) [Approved 21 March 1376]. Conversion of Neyasar village under Kashan County in Isfahan province to Neyasar city. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 43.11838; Letter 93808-907; Notification 54057/T17667K. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024 – via Lam ta Kam.
8. "Atlas of the Languages of Iran".
9. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Isfahan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
10. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Isfahan Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
11. 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
12. 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.