Article · Wikipedia archive · Last revised Jun 21, 2026

Lisar

Lisar is a city in, and the capital of, Kargan Rud District in Talesh County, Gilan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Lisar Rural District. The village of Lisar was converted to a city in 2000.

Last revised
Jun 21, 2026
Read time
≈ 2 min
Length
504 w
Citations
12
Source
Wikipedia ↗
Lisar
Persian: ليسار
City
The city of Lisar in 2012
The city of Lisar in 2012
Lisar
Coordinates: 37°57′27″N 48°54′32″E / 37.95750°N 48.90889°E / 37.95750; 48.9088912
CountryIran
ProvinceGilan
CountyTalesh
DistrictKargan Rud
Established as a city20003
Population
 (2016)4
 • Total
3,647
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Lisar (Persian: ليسار)a is a city in, and the capital of, Kargan Rud District in Talesh County, Gilan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Lisar Rural District.6 The village of Lisar was converted to a city in 2000.3

Demographics

Language

Linguistic composition of the city.7

Lisar linguistic composition
language percent
Azerbaijani
 
 100%

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 2,599 in 679 households.8 The following census in 2011 counted 3,262 people in 951 households.9 The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 3,647 people in 1,163 households.4

See also

See also

Iran portal

Notes

Notes

  1. Also romanized as Līsār and Lissar; also known as Līssār Bāzār5
References

References

  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (15 October 2024). "Ghale Dosh, دهستان لیسار, بخش کرگان رود [Lisar Rural District, Kargan Rud District], Talesh County, Gilan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 15 October 2024.
  2. "XW45+XHR Lisar, Gilan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 4 December 2025.
  3. Habibi, Hassan (8 March 2000) [مصوب (Approved) 1378/12/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصويب نامه در خصوص شناخته شدن يكصد روستاي مركز بخش به عنوان شهر [‌Approval letter regarding the recognition of 100 villages of the central district as cities]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. تصويب نامه شماره 5453 /ت21162هـ [Approval Letter Number 5453/T21162H]. Archived from the original on 14 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
  4. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  5. Lisar at GEOnet Names Server
  6. Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (9 August 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366/05/18 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ایجاد و تشکیل تعداد 12 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان طوالش تابع استان گیلان [‌Creation and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Talesh County under Gilan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] F40C7EE1-A5EA-4F5B-89FF-5E1E41FF85BC. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 13. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  7. "Language distribution: Gilan Province". Iran Atlas. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  8. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  9. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Gilan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.