Absard

{{for|other places with a similar name|Ab-e Sard (disambiguation){{!}}Ab-e Sard}}

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Absard ({{langx|fa|آبسرد}}){{efn|Also romanized as Āb Sard and Ābsard (English: Cold Water){{GEOnet3|-3051601}}}} is a city in the Central District of Damavand County, Tehran province, Iran, serving as the administrative center for Jamabrud Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of eight rural districts including villages, farms and places in Damavand County under Tehran province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150120012254/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108024|archive-date=20 January 2015|date=30 January 2014|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|id=Notification 115408/T815|access-date=27 December 2023|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein}}

Demographics

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 9,865 in 2,438 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Tehran Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/23.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920084534/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/23.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 9,202 people in 2,441 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Tehran Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Tehran.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120190153/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Tehran.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 10,648 people in 3,110 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Tehran Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_23.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212171617/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_23.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=12 December 2021}}

Geography

=Location=

Absard is situated around 70 km east of Tehran, in the province of the same name. Its center is to be found a few km south of the Firuz Kuh road (N79).

The area between the highway and the centre is popular as a second residence for Tehranis and others. The area around Absard is filled with vacation villas for the Iranian elite. Small-scale garden irrigation makes the area very green among yellowish hills and mountains culminating above 3500m (Khaki, خاکی, and the Zarrin range) in the north.

=Climate=

The minimum and maximum temperature was -24 °C in January–February and 37 °C in July–August. Average rainfall of a year was 333 mm and of first 3 months of year (development and flowering stage of plants) were 13 and 130 mm in 2008 and 2009, respectively.

Agriculture

Apples, cherries sweet and sour, apricots, pears and walnuts are among the many produces growing in the many orchards peppering the area.

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References

Category:Cities in Tehran province

Category:Populated places in Damavand County