Alishar, Iran

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{{Infobox settlement |name = Alishar |native_name = {{langx|fa|علي شار}} |native_name_lang = fa |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_alt = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_alt = |image_seal = |seal_alt = |image_shield = |shield_alt = |etymology = |nickname = |motto = |image_map = |map_alt = |map_caption = |pushpin_map = Iran |pushpin_map_alt = |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_label_position = |coordinates = {{Coord|35|25|40|N|49|47|47|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}} |coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=35.427778&mlon=49.796389&zoom=15#map=15/35.42778/49.79639|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Alishar, Zarandiyeh County|date=5 January 2025|access-date=5 January 2025|lang=fa}}</ref> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Iran]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Markazi province|Markazi]] |subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Iran|County]] |subdivision_name2 = [[Zarandiyeh County|Zarandiyeh]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Bakhsh (administrative division)|District]] |subdivision_name3 = [[Kharqan District|Kharqan]] |subdivision_type4 = [[Rural Districts of Iran|Rural District]] |subdivision_name4 = [[Alishar Rural District|Alishar]] |established_title = |established_date = |founder = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |unit_pref = Metric   |area_footnotes =  |area_total_km2 = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Markazi Province"/> |population_as_of = 2016 |population_total = 1048 |population_density_km2 = auto |population_note = |population_demonym = |timezone = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]] |utc_offset = +3:30 |postal_code = |area_code = |website =  |module = |footnotes = }}

'''Alishar''' ({{langx|fa|علي شار}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''‘Alī Shār''' and '''‘Alīshār'''<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3052743|Alishar}}</ref>}} is a village in, and the capital of, [[Alishar Rural District]] of [[Kharqan District]], [[Zarandiyeh County]], [[Markazi province|Markazi]] province, [[Iran]].<ref name="Markazi Province Reforms 115113">{{cite report|title=Making reforms in Markzai province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115113|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118151330/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/115113|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=18 January 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 16 November 1373|id=Proposal 1.4.42.4259|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> The previous capital of the rural district was the village of [[Duzaj]].<ref name="Saveh County Rural Districts">{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Saveh County under Markazi province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110366|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018210334/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/110366|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhosein|archive-date=18 October 2011|date=27 July 2013|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|id=Proposal 53.1.11758; Notification 118754/T959|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>

==Demographics== ===Population=== At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,487 in 401 households.<ref name="2006 Markazi Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Markazi 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/00.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920084413/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/00.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 1,367 people in 394 households.<ref name="2011 Markazi Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Markazi 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/Markazi.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119170600/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Markazi.xls|archive-date=19 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,048 people in 366 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.<ref name="2016 Markazi Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Markazi 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_00.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201017052005/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_00.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=17 October 2020}}</ref>

==In literature== The 14th-century author [[Hamdallah Mustawfi]] listed Alishar as one of the main villages in the district of [[Kharraqan]].<ref name="Mustawfi 1340">{{cite book |author1=Hamdallah Mustawfi |author1-link=Hamdallah Mustawfi |editor1-last=Le Strange |editor1-first=Guy |editor1-link=Guy Le Strange |title=The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub |date=1919 |page=76 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.283218/page/n95 |access-date=10 October 2022}}</ref>

==See also== {{Portal-inline|Iran}} {{clear}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Zarandieh County]]