KHUNSAR  , a

town of Persia, sometimes belonging to the province of Isfahan, at others to Irak, 96 m . N.W. of Isfahan, in 33° 9' N., 5o° 23' E., at an elevation of 7600 ft . Pop., about 10,000 . It is picturesquely 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 Kuom . The town and its fine gardens and orchards straggle some 6 m. along the valley with a mean breadth of scarcely half a mile . There is a great profusion of fruit, the apples yielding a kind of cider which, however, does not keep longer than a month . The climate is cool in summer and cold in winter . There are five caravanserais, three mosques and a post office .