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Ahar
City population
100,641
#100
in Iran
#5
in East Azerbaijan
#5,713
worldwide
38.477, 47.070 · 495 km from Tehran
About Ahar
Ahar is a city in East Azerbaijan, Iran with a population of 100,641. It is the 100th largest of the 422 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Iran, and the 5,713th largest worldwide. It lies 495 km from Tehran.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#5of 19
Elevation
1,336 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Tehran
Coordinates
38.477, 47.070
Record updated
2026-05-21
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 422 in IranClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.