Al Tappeh (; also known as ‘Alī Tappeh and Tappeh) is a village in Kuhestan Rural District, in the Central District of

Behshahr County Behshahr County () is in Mazandaran province, Mazandaran province, Iran on the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Behshahr. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the county's population was 154,957 in 40,432 ...

Mazandaran Province Mazandaran Province (; ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Sari. Located along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea and in the adjacent Central Alborz mountain range and Hyrcanian forests, it is bordered clockw ...

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 ...

. At the 2016 census, its population was 1,930, in 605 families, up from 1,903 people in 2006.

Geography

The village is on the northern slopes of the

Alborz The Alborz ( ) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merge ...

mountain range, at the foothills of Jahan moora. It has a vast landscape to the north overlooking the lush and fertile plain of Mazandaran and beyond, the Gulf of Gorgan, the Miankaleh peninsula, and the

Caspian Sea The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the List of lakes by area, world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, ...

. Al Tappeh is located 1 km east of

Behshahr Behshahr () is a city in the Central District of Behshahr County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. It is located at the foot of the Alborz mountains, approximately east of Sari and west of ...

, on the south-side of road 22 which connects Behshahr to

Gorgan Gorgan (; ) is a city in the Central District (Gorgan County), Central District of Gorgan County, Golestan province, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It lies approximately to the nor ...

Demographics

In 1976 census, Al Tappeh had power and water infrastructure, as well as elementary school. In 1986, the village also had phone and post services.

References

Populated places in Behshahr County {{Behshahr-geo-stub