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Neyasar () is a city in, and the capital of, Neyasar District of Kashan County,
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. It also serves as the administrative center for Neyasar Rural District. The village of Neyasar was levated to the status of a city in 1997.


Demographics


Language

It is a Persian-speaking town.


Population

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


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.


Archaeology

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


Gallery

File:نمای عمومی چارطاقی نیاسر.jpg, Chahartaq (architecture) of Neysar


Notable residents

* Hassan Shariati Niyasar, Shia cleric and politician


See also


Notes


References

{{Kashan County, state=collapsed Cities in Isfahan province Populated places in Kashan County