Masal ( fa, ماسال, also

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d as Māsāl; also known as Bāzār-e Māsāl, Masal-Bazar, Sar-i-Bāzar, and Sārī Bāzār Mūsār) is a city and capital of

Masal County Masal County ( fa, شهرستان ماسال) is in Gilan province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the ...

, Gilan Province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 10,992, in 2,986 families. The population consists of

Talysh people The Talysh people ( tly, Tolışon, script=Latn تالشان; az, Talışlar; fa, تالشان) are an Iranian ethnic group indigenous to a region shared between Azerbaijan and Iran which spans the South Caucasus and the southwestern shor ...

. The language of Masal is Talysh

Language

Linguistic composition of the city.

References

''Encyclopaedia Iranica'': Māsāl

Populated places in Masal County Cities in Gilan Province {{Masal-geo-stub Talysh settlements in Gilan Province Gilak settlements in Gilan Province