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Khansar (Persian: خوانسار; also transliterated as Khunsar or Khvansar) is one of the counties of Esfahan Province of Iran. The name khansar comes from the Avestan language. Khun means spring and sar means place, so khansar means place of the spring.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 History 4 Attractions of Khansar 5 Towns and Villages 5.1 Villages 6 Khansar River 7 Language 8 People of Khansar 9 Famous people from Khansar 10 Colleges and universities 11 Khansar Gazz 12 References

Khansar is a high and mountainous county about 2300 meters above sea level. Khansar's area is 900 km², and is composed of 18 towns, 3 villages and one central city. This city is located to the northwest of Esfahan, to the east is Golpayegan, and to the southwest it is within the limits of Faridan. It is situated on both sides of a narrow valley through which the Khunsar River, a stream about 12 ft. wide, flows in a north-east direction to Qum.The town and its gardens and orchards straggle some 6 m. along the valley with a mean breadth of scarcely half a mile. Khansar is a small county with a limited population, about 40,000. Khansar is situated in a green valley. Being snowy in winter and mild in summer, it enjoys many natural sights. it is a religious city.and has a good weather

year population type source 1986 18 573 census secondary 1991 23 900 census secondary 1996 21 966 census secondary 2007 21 386 calculation

According to existing historical evidence, the city ages to over 2000 years. This historical evidence, found around the town of Khansar proves to the existence of Khansar since the Sassanid Empire (226 - 651). Since the time of the Safavid dynasty, Khansar has been a scientific and educational center, and many great Shi’ite scholars were educated there. Khansar has been for centuries a center for training thinkers, poets, and especially theologians. It is famous for its honey and flower filled gardens. There is a great profusion of fruit, the apples yielding a kind of cider which, however, does not keep longer than a month. Khansar has famous hand-woven rugs called Weis in polygonal shapes.

The most important worth seeing places of this city are as follows: Hot springs and Mineral water in Golestan Kooh, Sar Cheshmeh park, Cheshmeh (Spring) Omid, east of Khansar, The Zoroastrian temple in Tir Kooh, Baba Pir ,Baba Mohamed Castle, Shahzadeh Ahmad, Jame ’mosque, House of Abharis and Mariam Beygom school in Khansar city. Golestan kooh is a beautiful place to see in Khansar in spring time is like a heaven full of Fritillaria imperialis Flower. The Mountains of Khansar is fantastic for hiking and skiing.

• Rahmat Abad Town
• Tajarh Town
• Hassan Town
• Hajbolagh Town
• Ghaleh Baba Mohammed Town
• Kohrat Town
• Tobadjaan Town
• Safadasht Town
• Khoshkrood Town
• Layakhboud Town
• Hadji Abad Town
• Pich knam Town
• Arjank Town
• Viest Town
• Bid-e-Hend Town

• Koohsar
• Cheshmehsar Village
• Posht-e-Kooh Village

Khansar River: this river is originated from mountains of Khansar and after entering to Golpayegan field connects to Ghamrood, and then its name will be “Kharghab”. This river in 23 km of Khomein east, near “Golha Gard” will reach to the Khomein River.

Khunsari (Khwanshari): a northwestern Iranian language

Judeo-Khunsari: a Judæo-Persian language spoken in Khansar and elsewhere in far-western Isfahan Province, in western Iran

Khansaris

Judæo-Khunsaris

Hacham Uriel Davidi (1922- 2006 ):Famous Jewish Hacham

Adib Khansari (1901-1982): classical Iranian Music

Mahmoud Mahmoudi Khansari (1934-1987): classical Singer

Yadollah Kaboli Khansari (1949-): Calligrapher

Navid Khonsari:Actor, Writer, Director

Agha Hussein Khansari: a Shi'atheologian

Agha Jamal-e-Khansari: a Shi'atheologian

Seyyed Mohammad Tagi Khansari: a Shi'atheologian

Seyyed Ahmad Khansari: a theologianShi'a

Mohammad Javad ZARIF-Khonsari : Permanent Iranian Representative to the United Nations, New York

Mirza Ahmad Mojtahed-e Khonsari

• 1. Khansar University of Mathematics & Computer Science
  2. Payamnoor University of Khansar

One of the main ingredients of Gazz(Nougat) since old days has been Gazz Angebin from which the name Gazz is derived and hence the reason for its naming as such. Gazz Angebin is indirectly extracted from a plant which is scientifically called Astragalus adscendens a descendant of the phylum Papilianaceae. This thorny savage plant is a small tree of several years of age, which grows naturally in mountainous areas. An insect, the scientific name of which is Cyamophila dicora from the phylum Psyllidae sucks the juice of the plant, giving out what is called Gazz Angebin. The life-cycle of this insect extends throughout one years consisting of 4 parts, the last of which has a cycle commencing around mid-September and ending in mid-October, and hence, producing Gazz Angebin. The mature insect is 2.5 mm long with a width of 0.9 mm. the Gazz Angebin particles, when coming out of the body of the insect are in a thick liquid sticky form, though gradually drying when are exposed to the air and transforming into small, solid sticky particles, remaining on top of the tree branches. Gazz Angebin harvesting and collection has been done by traditional devices such as "Dawal", "Chutin" and selectors, often made of wood and skin.

The dry Gazz Angebin is a solid matter, fragile whitish-yellow and sometimes grey which becomes soft and sticky as a result of heat and moisture. Various pharmaceutical characteristics like coolness, laxation inducing, respiratory system inflammation relaxation have been attributed to Gazz Angebin. For merely, the principal centers of Gazz Khansar production in Iran had been the mountainous pasture-land of Khansar in Esfahan Province.

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Coordinates: 33°13′N, 50°19′E