Salman Shahr () is a city in, and the capital of,

Salmanshahr District Salmanshahr District () is in Abbasabad County, Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Salman Shahr. History After the 2006 National Census, Abbasabad District was separated from Tonekabon County Tonekabon County () ...

Abbasabad County Abbasabad County () is in Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Abbasabad. History After the 2006 National Census, Abbasabad District was separated from Tonekabon County Tonekabon County () is in Mazandaran provinc ...

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 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 ...

. It is east of

Tonekabon Tonekabon () is a city in the Central District of Tonekabon County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Etymology Toneka was a large and fortress-like city with a fence and a hard and stron ...

en route to the city of Chalus.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 9,592 in 2,605 households, when it was in the former

Abbasabad District Abbasabad District () is a former administrative division of Tonekabon County, Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital was the city of Abbasabad. History After the 2006 National Census, the district was separated from the county in the esta ...

Tonekabon County Tonekabon County () is in Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Tonekabon Tonekabon () is a city in the Central District of Tonekabon County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the ...

. The following census in 2011 counted 8,654 people in 2,560 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Abbasabad County. The city was transferred to the new Kelarabad District. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 9,656 people in 3,057 households, when the district's name had changed to Salmanshahr District.

Economy

Tourism is an important part of the city's economy. In the late 2000s the major development and construction projects called "Qoo" or "Diamond of the Middle East" were kicked off. The core of these projects is built in the same place as where Motel Qoo was located. This vast complex of commercial, residential, tourist, sports, and entertainment include a 5-star hotel, two residential and commercial towers, a sports complex, and a six-story parking garage that is built in the form of a giant ship. This project has a total land area of , where of it will be constructed as follows: * Residential high rise of Negin Pooya: Includes twin towers of 25 floors with 300 units of residential apartments. * Commercial high rise of Negin Poorya: Composed of three floors with its own entrance separate independent and separate from that of the residential tower. * 5-star deluxe international hotel of Swan: 35 floors containing 337 rooms.

Gallery

File:Beach motel ghoo - panoramio.jpg, Salman Shahr beach in August 2011 File:Motel Qu.jpg, Motel Qu in November 2019

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