Marzanabad () is a city in, and the capital of,
Marzanabad District
Marzanabad District () is in Chalus County, Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Marzanabad.
History
After the 2006 National Census, Birun Bashm and Kuhestan Rural Districts, and the city of Marzanabad, were separated f ...
of
Chalus County
Chalus County () is in Mazandaran 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 Dist ...
,
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
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.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,078 in 1,335 households, when it was in the former
Kelardasht District
Kelardasht County () is in Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Kelardasht. Kelardasht corresponds to historical Kelarestaq.
The county is bordered by Chalus County on the east, Tonekabon County on the west, Abbasabad Coun ...
.
The following census in 2011 counted 5,789 people in 1,406 households,
by which time the city had been separated from the district in the formation of Marzanabad District.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 6,698 people in 1,841 households.
Geography
Marzanabad is the closest green city of Mazandaran province to Tehran while passing through the beautiful road of Tehran-Chalus, one of three major roads that connect Tehran to Mazandaran province, and the shortest path towards
Caspian Sea
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from Tehran.
Marzanabad is located on a T-junction of the roads towards Tehran,
Chalus and
Kelardasht
Kelardasht () is a city in the Central District of Kelardasht County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.
Demographics Language
The majority of the city's inhabitants speak Mazandarani a ...
. It is about 25 km away from both Chalus and Kelardasht while it is about 170 km away from Tehran via Tehran-Chalus road. Due to the location of the city, it attracts thousands of tourists each year from all parts of Iran, but especially from Tehran.
Marzanabad is close to the site of the medieval town of Sa‘īdābād, which served as a garrison town during
Abbasid
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times.
See also
Notes
References
Cities in Mazandaran province
Populated places in Chalus County
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