Chalus County () is in

Mazandaran Mazandaran Province (; ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Sari, Iran, Sari. Located along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and in the adjacent Central Alborz mountain range and Hyrcanian forests, it is border ...

province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Chalus.

History

After the 2006 National Census, Kelardasht-e Gharbi Rural District was created in Kelardasht District, and Birun Bashm and Kuhestan Rural Districts, and the city of Marzanabad were separated from it in the formation of Marzanabad District. After the 2011 census, Kelardasht District was separated from the county in the formation of Kelardasht County. The village of Hachirud merged with other villages to become a city.

Nowshahr Nowshahr () is a city in the Central District of Nowshahr County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is a port city on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. History Ruyan is a region in t ...

, the eastern neighbor of Chalus, has close historical relationship with Chalus.

Demographics

Language

The people residing in Chalus speak Mazanderani. In western Chalus, the dialect of Kalarestaqi is spoken and in eastern Chalus, the dialect of Kojuri. During the Pahlavi dynasty, a group of Langrudi people migrated from western Gilan to Chalus. They speak Eastern Gilaki. The Eastern

Gilaki language Gilaki ( ) is an Iranian language belonging to the Caspian subgroup of the Northwestern branch, spoken in south of Caspian Sea by Gilak people. Gilaki is closely related to Mazandarani. The two languages of Gilaki and Mazandarani have s ...

is spoken in the entire Chalus River valley, though some Kurdish tribes were established in Kojur and Kelardasht in the

Qajar The Guarded Domains of Iran, alternatively the Sublime State of Iran and commonly called Qajar Iran, Qajar Persia or the Qajar Empire, was the Iranian state under the rule of the Qajar dynasty, which was of Turkic origin,Cyrus Ghani. ''Iran an ...

period.

Population

At the time of the 2006 census, the county's population was 119,559 in 33,193 households. The following census in 2011 counted 122,736 people in 37,756 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the county as 116,542 in 39,105 households.

Administrative divisions

Chalus County's population history and administrative structure over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Climate

The warm, humid climate of Chalus was formerly considered unhealthy, and the bulk of the population of Chalus, as of all other towns in this region, used to migrate in summer to the summer pastures on the slopes around Delir and in the Kelardasht basin, one of the most popular and longest-settled districts in the region.

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References

{{Chalus County, state=collapsed Chalus County Counties of Mazandaran province