Aliabad-e Katul
City in Golestan province, Iran / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the administrative division, see Katul Rural District. For other places with similar names, see Aliabad.
Aliabad-e Katul (Persian: علیآباد كتول)[lower-alpha 1] is a city in the Central District of Aliabad County, Golestan Province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
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Aliabad-e Katul
علیآباد کتول | |
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City | |
Coordinates: 36°54′27″N 54°52′00″E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Golestan |
County | Aliabad |
District | Central |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 52,838 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
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At the 2006 National Census, its population was 46,183 in 11,676 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 49,804 people in 14,377 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 52,838 people in 16,655 households.[2]
The city is on a hillside of the Alborz Mountains between Gorgan and Azad Shahr. The Kaboud-val waterfall is near the city. Nearby are the villages of Kholin Darreh, Chinou, Alestan, and Mayan.
The people of Aliabad speak a dialect of Mazanderani language called Katoli.[7]
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