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Surak, Iran

Coordinates:36°35′38″N53°12′31″E/ 36.59389°N 53.20861°E/36.59389; 53.20861
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Surak
Persian:سورك
City
Surak is located in Iran
Surak
Surak
Coordinates:36°35′38″N53°12′31″E/ 36.59389°N 53.20861°E/36.59389; 53.20861[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceMazandaran
CountyMiandorud
DistrictCentral
Population
(2016)[2]
• Total9,208
Time zoneUTC+3:30(IRST)

Surak(Persian:سورك[a]is a city in, and the capital of, theCentral DistrictofMiandorud County,Mazandaranprovince,Iran,and also serves as capital of the county.[4]

At the 2006 census, its population was 8,817 in 2,377 households, when it was in the former Miandorud District ofSari County.[5]The following census in 2011 counted 8,930 people in 2,712 households,[6]by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Miandorud County.[4]The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 9,208 people in 4,087 households.[2]

Surak is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) fromSari,stretching from Sari in the west toNekain the east, north to theCaspian Seaand south to the northern slopes of theAlborz Mountains.

Economy[edit]

Agriculturalproducts includerice,citrusandtobacco.[citation needed]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^AlsoRomanizedasSūrak[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^OpenStreetMap contributors (26 May 2023)."Surak, Miandorud County"(Map).OpenStreetMap.Retrieved26 May2023.
  2. ^ab"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)".AMAR(in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 02. Archived fromthe original(Excel)on 7 October 2021.Retrieved19 December2022.
  3. ^Surak, Iran can be found atGEOnet Names Server,atthis link,by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3086439" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  4. ^ab"Miandorud County was added to the map of country divisions; with eight changes in the geography of Mazandaran province".DOLAT(in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Board of Ministers. 8 December 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 31 December 2010.Retrieved26 May2023.
  5. ^"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)".AMAR(in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 02. Archived fromthe original(Excel)on 20 September 2011.Retrieved25 September2022.
  6. ^"Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)".Syracuse University(in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 02. Archived fromthe original(Excel)on 19 January 2023.Retrieved19 December2022.