Ala (Persian: علا)[a] is a village in, and the capital of, Howmeh Rural District of the Central District of Semnan County, Semnan province, Iran.

[4] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,303 in 349 households.

[5] The following census in 2011 counted 977 people in 283 households.

[6] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 955 people in 289 households.

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