Ira, Tehran

Ira
ايرا
village
Ira is located in Iran
Ira
Ira
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 35°48′29″N 51°50′27″E / 35.80806°N 51.84083°E / 35.80806; 51.84083
Country Iran
ProvinceTehran
CountyShemiranat
BakhshLavasanat
Rural DistrictLavasan-e Bozorg
Elevation
2,100–2,200 m (6,900–7,200 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
79
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Ira (Persian: ايرا, also Romanized as Īrā)[1] is a village in Lavasan-e Bozorg Rural District, Lavasanat District, Shemiranat County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 79, in 29 families.[2] Down from 106 people in 2006.[3]

The natives of Ira, alike the rest of the Lavasanat district, are of Caspian origin, and the local dialect or vernacular of the natives is a mix of Persian and Caspian.[4] In the village of Ira (as well as Veskara), this vernacular approaches Mazandarani.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Ira at GEOnet Names Server
  2. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان تهران [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Tehran Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 25 June 2025.
  3. ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
  4. 1 2 Encyclopaedia Iranica 2017.

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