Absard

For other places with the same name, see Absard (disambiguation).

Absard آبسرد
City
Absard
Coordinates: 35°37′17″N 52°09′12″E
Country	Iran
Province	Tehran
County	Damavand
Bakhsh	Central
Elevation	1,700 - 2,000 m (−4,900 ft)
Population  (2016 Census)
• Total	10,648
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Absard (Persian: آبسرد, also Romanized as Ābsard and Āb Sard), literally ”cold water”, is a city in the Central District of Damavand County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 9,865, in 2,438 families.

The minimum and maximum temperature was -24 °C in January–February and 37 °C in July–August. Average rainfall of a year was 333 mm and of first 3 months of year (development and flowering stage of plants) were 13 and 130 mm in 2008 and 2009, respectively.

Geography

Absard is situated around 70 km east of Tehran, in the province of the same name. Its center is to be found a few km south of the Firuz Kuh road (N79). The area between the highway and the centre is popular with second residence for tehranis and others. Small-scale garden irrigation makes the area very green among yellowish hills and mountains culminating above 3500m (Khaki, خاکی, and the Zarrin range) in the north. Apples, cherries sweet and sour, apricots, pears and walnuts are among the many produces growing in the many orchards peppering the area.