Surak | |
Native Name: | Persian: سورك |
Native Name Lang: | fa |
Settlement Type: | City |
Pushpin Map: | Iran |
Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Iran |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Mazandaran |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Miandorud |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Central |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2016 |
Population Total: | 9208 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | IRST |
Utc Offset: | +3:30 |
Surak (Persian: سورك is a city in the Central District of Miandorud County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It was the administrative center for Kuhdasht Rural District until its capital was transferred to the village of Jam Khaneh.[2]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 8,817 in 2,377 households, when it was in the former Miandorud District of Sari County.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 8,930 people in 2,712 households,[4] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Miandorud County.[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 9,208 people in 4,087 households.[5]
Surak is 12km (07miles) from Sari, stretching from Sari in the west to Neka in the east, north to the Caspian Sea and south to the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains.
Agricultural products include rice, citrus and tobacco.