Qamsar

Also known as Ghamsar

Qamsar () is a city in, and the capital of, Qamsar District of Kashan County, Isfahan province, Iran. The district is 15 km south of Kashan.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Qamsar
Settlement.native_name_lang: fa
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_skyline: A view from ghamsar.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: View from the city of Qamsar
Settlement.pushpin_map: Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Iran
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Isfahan
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Kashan
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Qamsar
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_as_of: 2016
Settlement.population_total: 3877
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Population: 3877
Elevation: 1914
Official website: www.qamsar.ir
Image: A view from ghamsar.jpg
Dialing code: 0362

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Commons category: Qamsar
male population: 1995
female population: 1882

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is a city in, and the capital of, Qamsar District of Kashan County, Isfahan province, Iran. The district is 15 km south of Kashan.

==History== From the 13th century and possibly considerably earlier, cobalt was mined near Qamsar. The metal oxide was exported all over the Muslim world for use as the cobalt blue pigment in the decoration of pottery. It is possible that the cobalt ore was also exported to China. In 1301 Abū'l-Qāsim, who came from a family of tilemakers based in Kashan, wrote a treatise on the manufacture of fritware ceramics in which he mentions the village as a source of cobalt ore.