page_title: Arak, Iran
hierarchical_section_title: Arak, Iran
caption_attribution_description: English: Montage of the city of Arak. Clockwise from top: Bakhtyari Bridge, Valiasr Square, Senejan, City Park, and the old bazaar.
context_page_description: Arak is the capital of Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 526,182, in 160,761 families. The city is nicknamed the "Industrial Capital of Iran".
  As a major industrial city, Arak hosts several industrial factories inside and within a few kilometers outside the city, including the factory of Machine Sazi Arak and the Iranian Aluminium Company. These factories produce nearly half of the needs of the country in steel, petrochemical, and locomotive industries.
  As an industrial city in a developing country, Arak suffers from air pollution.
context_section_description: Arak (Persian: اراک‎, Arâk; IPA: [æˈɾɒːk] (listen)) is the capital of Markazi Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 526,182, in 160,761 families. The city is nicknamed the "Industrial Capital of Iran".
  As a major industrial city, Arak hosts several industrial factories inside and within a few kilometers outside the city, including the factory of Machine Sazi Arak and the Iranian Aluminium Company. These factories produce nearly half of the needs of the country in steel, petrochemical, and locomotive industries.
  As an industrial city in a developing country, Arak suffers from air pollution.
caption: Clockwise from top: Bakhtyari Bridge, Valiasr Square, Senjan, City Park, and the old bazaar.
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