Shal () is a city in, and the capital of, Shal District of

Buin Zahra County Buin Zahra County () is in Qazvin province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Buin Zahra. History After the 2011 National Census, Abgarm and Avaj Districts were separated from the county in the establishment of Avaj County. After the 2016 ...

Qazvin Qazvin (; ; ) is a city in the Central District (Qazvin County), Central District of Qazvin County, Qazvin province, Qazvin province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It is the largest city in the provi ...

province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population wa 15,104 in 3,348 households. The following census in 2011 counted 14,996 people in 3,972 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 15,290 people in 4,217 households.

Economy

Shal is historically known as a center of sheep breeding.

In literature

The 14th-century author

Hamdallah Mustawfi Hamdallah Mustawfi Qazvini (; 1281 – after 1339/40) was a Persian official, historian, geographer and poet. He lived during the last era of the Mongol Ilkhanate, and the interregnum that followed. A native of Qazvin, Mustawfi belonged to fami ...

listed Shal as one of the main villages in the territory of

References

Cities in Qazvin province Populated places in Buin Zahra County {{BuinZahra-geo-stub

Demographics

Population

Economy

In literature

See also

References