Ala, Iran
{{Short description|Village in Semnan province, Iran}}
{{Hatnote|Not to be confused with the village of Ala Industrial Zone in the same rural district}}{{for|other places with the same name|Ala (disambiguation){{!}}Ala}}
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Ala ({{langx|fa|علا}}){{efn|Also romanized as ‘Alā, ‘Alā’, and ‘Allā; also known as Kalāt{{GEOnet3|-3052231|Ala}}}} is a village in, and the capital of, Howmeh Rural District of the Central District of Semnan County, Semnan province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of five rural districts including villages, farms and places in Semnan County under Semnan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110058|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128075432/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110058|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=28 November 2012|date=8 September 1391|orig-date=Approved 2 February 1366|id=Proposal 1.5.53.10614; Notification 115512/T819|access-date=22 November 2023}}
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,303 in 349 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Semnan 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/20.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920095232/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/20.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 977 people in 283 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Semnan 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/Semnan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120141324/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Semnan.xls|archive-date=20 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 955 people in 289 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Semnan 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_20.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117022823/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_20.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=17 November 2020}}
See also
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{{Semnan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Semnan County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Populated places in Semnan County
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