Masal () is a city in the
Central District of
Masal County
Masal County () is in Gilan province, in northwestern Iran. Its capital is the city of Masal.
Demographics Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 47,648 in 12,328 households. The following census i ...
, in northwestern
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 ...
's
Gilan
Gilan Province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, in the northwest of the country and southwest of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Rasht. The province lies along the Caspian Sea, in Iran's Region 3, west of the province of ...
province. The city serves as capital of both the county and the district.
Demographics
Language
The population consists of
Talysh people
The Talysh people (, ) or Talyshis, Talyshes, Talyshs, Talishis, Talishes, Talishs, Talesh are an Iranian ethnic group, with the majority residing in Azerbaijan and a minority in Iran. They are the indigenous people of the Talish, a region ...
whose language is
Talysh
Talysh may refer to:
*Talysh people, an ethnic group of Iran and Azerbaijan
**Talysh language, the West Iranian language of these people
** Talysh, a historical region on the southwestern coast of the Caspian Sea, inhabited by the Talysh people
*T ...
. Linguistic composition of the city.
The word "Masal" and
Masal Oku in Turkish means "read a fairy tale."
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 10,922 in 2,986 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 14,689 people in 4,394 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 17,901 people in 5,759 households.
See also
Notes
References
''Encyclopaedia Iranica'': Māsāl
Populated places in Masal County
Cities in Gilan province
Talysh settlements in Gilan province
Gilak settlements in Gilan province
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