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Marzanabad

Persian: مرزن آباد
Marzanabad Persian: مرزن آباد
City
	Lake Valasht
	Marzanabad
	Coordinates: 36°27′14″N 51°18′02″E / 36.45389°N 51.30056°E
Country	Iran
Province	Mazandaran
County	Chalus
District	Marzanabad
Population (2016)
• Total	6,698
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Marzanabad (Persian: مرزن آباد)^[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Marzanabad District of Chalus County, Mazandaran province, Iran.^[4]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,078 in 1,335 households, when it was in the former Kelardasht District.^[5] The following census in 2011 counted 5,789 people in 1,406 households,^[6] by which time the city had been separated from the district in the formation of Marzanabad District.^[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 6,698 people in 1,841 households.^[2]

Geography

Marzanabad is the closest green city of Mazandaran province to Tehran while passing through the beautiful road of Tehran-Chalus, one of three major roads that connect Tehran to Mazandaran province, and the shortest path towards Caspian Sea from Tehran.

Marzanabad is located on a T-junction of the roads towards Tehran, Chalus and Kelardasht. It is about 25 km away from both Chalus and Kelardasht while it is about 170 km away from Tehran via Tehran-Chalus road. Due to the location of the city, it attracts thousands of tourists each year from all parts of Iran, but especially from Tehran.

Marzanabad is close to the site of the medieval town of Sa‘īdābād, which served as a garrison town during Abbasid times.^[7]^: 14^[8]

Notes

^ Also romanized as Marzanābād; also known as Marzūnābād and Murzānābād^[3]

References

^ OpenStreetMap contributors (21 October 2024). "Marzanabad, Chalus County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 21 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Mazandaran Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ Marzanabad can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3074212" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
^ ^a ^b Rahimi, Mohammadreza (c. 2023) [Approved 6 January 1389]. Reforms and changes in divisions in Chalus County. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission. Proposal 126342/4/42/1388; Resolution 158802/T38854H. Archived from the original on 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Mazandaran Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^ Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Mazandaran Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.
^ Taghavi, Abed; Farzin, Saman; Sharifan, Haadi; Safari, Mojtaba (2013). "Localization of Garrisons in Tabaristan during Early Islamic Era" (PDF). Journal of Islamic Studies and Culture. 1 (2): 8–16. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
^ Le Strange, Guy (1905). The Lands of the Eastern Caliphate: Mesopotamia, Persia, and Central Asia, from the Moslem Conquest to the Time of Timur. New York: Barnes & Noble, Inc. p. 374.