Vanoush () is a village in
Kalej Rural District
Kalej Rural District () is in the Central District of Nowshahr County, Mazandaran province, Iran
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of the
Central District of
Nowshahr County
Nowshahr County () is in Mazandaran province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Nowshahr.
History
After the 2006 National Census, the village of Pul was elevated to the status of a city. After the 2011 census, the village of Kojur
Kojur ...
,
Mazandaran
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province,
Iran
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.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 2,483 in 679 households.
The following census in 2011 counted 2,322 people in 703 households.
The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 2,669 people in 875 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.
Mamraz Lake, the "Lake of Ghosts"
Vanoush has the distinction of being the settlement closest to the
Lake of Ghosts, a site of natural beauty featuring an eerie, drowned landscape of half-submerged
hornbeam
Hornbeams are hardwood trees in the plant genus ''Carpinus'' in the family Betulaceae. Its species occur across much of the temperateness, temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Common names
The common English name ''hornbeam'' derives ...
trees resembling phantoms in the mist.
[Digest, Persia (2017-08-24). https://persiadigest.com/en/news/146/the-ghost-lake-in-northern-iran "The ghost lake in northern Iran". en. Retrieved 2020-02-14.]
See also
Notes
References
Populated places in Nowshahr County
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