At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,056 in 1,257 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 5,336 people in 1,557 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 5,382 people in 1,644 households.[2]
A handwrittenKoran is preserved in one of the mosques of Khamsalu that was composed on the order of Hajj Reza Ali of the Kalbi family several hundred years ago. The document is unique for recounting in its last pages both the events of the famine days in Iran and for recording the prices of goods at the rates of the time.[6]
As a village, Sang Baran was the capital of Barf Anbar Rural District before Barf Anbar became a municipality.[5] The residents of the village were Armenians in the past, but they migrated to Isfahan and were replaced by Muslims. There are currently three Armenian cemeteries in the Sang Baran neighborhood, each more than 200 years old.[6]
^Barf Anbar can be found atGEOnet Names Server, atthis link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "10909347" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^abAref, Mohammad Reza (c. 2024) [Approved 13 November 1381].Approval of divisional changes and reforms in Isfahan province.lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 1.4.42.55706; Letter 58538-T26118; Notification 34383/T26999H. Archived fromthe original on 28 November 2024. Retrieved28 November 2024 – via Lam ta Kam.
