Jara

Jara or JARA may refer to:

Geography and places

• Jara River, tributary of the Şuşiţa River, Romania
• Jara, Ethiopia A miraculous mountain near Wallaga
• La Jara, New Mexico, census-designated place in Sandoval County, United States
• La Jara, Colorado, town in Conejos County, United States
• La Jara (comarca), a comarca of Castile-La Mancha, Spain
• Jara Lake, Bolivia
• Jara (Asunción), Paraguay, a barrio
• Jara, Kutch, village in Gujarat, India
• Villanueva de la Jara, a town and municipality in Castile-La Mancha, Spain

People

Association football

Europe

• Francisco Chaparro Jara (born 1942), Spanish footballer and manager
• Kurt Jara (born 1950), Austrian footballer
• Santi Jara (born 1991), Spanish footballer

North America

• Claudio Jara (born 1959), Costa Rican footballer
• Francisco Jara (born 1941), Mexican footballer
• Geovanny Jara (born 1967), Costa Rican footballer
• Guillermo Jara (born 1973), American football (soccer) player

South America

• Ángel Jara (born 1936), Paraguayan footballer
• Cristino Jara (born 1973), Paraguayan footballer
• Diego Jara (born 1983), Argentinian footballer
• Franco Jara (born 1988), Argentinian footballer
• Gonzalo Jara (born 1985), Chilean footballer
• Gualberto Jara (born 1959), Paraguayan football manager in Chile
• Francisco Jara (born 1991), Argentinian footballer
• Rodrigo Jara (born 1985), Chilean footballer

South Africa

• Jara Yousuf Minty, Klerksdorp, South Africa Youth League Leader

Other people

• Alan Jara (born 1957), Colombian politician kidnapped by FARC
• Albino Jara (1877-1912), Paraguayan president
• Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (1869-1927), Mexican Roman Catholic priest and saint
• Fernando Jara (born 1987), Panamanian jockey
• Ginés de la Jara, Spanish Christian saint
• Joan Jara (born 1927), activist, widow of Victor Jara
• Luis Jara (singer) (born 1965), Chilean singer and actor
• Max Jara (1886–1965), Chilean poet
• Víctor Jara (1932-1973), Chilean teacher, theatre director, poet, singer-songwriter, and political activist
• Estadio Víctor Jara

Fictitious people

• Jára Cimrman, fictitious Czech polymath

Other

• Jara language, Nigerian language
• Jarā (Pali), often translated as "aging," is a fundamental aspect of the Buddhist notion of suffering
• Japan Robot Association, a Japanese trade association made up of companies in the robotics industry