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Masal

Masal is a city in the Central District of Masal County, in northwestern Iran's Gilan province. The city serves as capital of both the county and the district.

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Masal
Persian: ماسال
City
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Masal Tasko
Imamzadeh Masal
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Coordinates: 37°21′48″N 49°07′57″E / 37.36333°N 49.13250°E / 37.36333; 49.1325012
CountryIran
ProvinceGilan
CountyMasal
DistrictCentral
Population
 (2016)3
 • Total
17,901
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Masal (Persian: ماسال)a is a city in the Central District of Masal County, in northwestern Iran's Gilan province. The city serves as capital of both the county and the district.5

Demographics

Language

The population consists of Talysh people whose language is Talysh. Linguistic composition of the city.6

Masal linguistic composition
language percent
Talysh
 
 75%
New Persian
 
 20%
Gilaki
 
 5%

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 10,922 in 2,986 households.7 The following census in 2011 counted 14,689 people in 4,394 households.8 The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 17,901 people in 5,759 households.3

See also

See also

Iran portal

Notes

Notes

  1. Also romanized as Māsāl; also known as Bāzār-e Māsāl, Masal-Bazar, Sar-i-Bāzar, and Sārī Bāzār Mūsār; also known as Másál (Talysh)4
References

References

  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (13 October 2024). "شنبه بازار [Shanbeh Bazar], Masal, دهستان حومه, بخش مرکزی [Howmeh Rural District, Central District], Masal County, Gilan Province, 43817-75360, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. "947J+8XQ Masal, Gilan Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  3. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. Masal at GEOnet Names Server
  5. Habibi, Hassan (27 April 1997) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1376/02/07 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. انجام اصلاحات تقسیماتی در استان گیلان [‌Implementing divisional reforms in Gilan province]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. شناسه [ID] 87D976E2-90D5-4F1F-9569-98BD942FBAB6. شماره دوره [Course number] 76, شماره جلد [Volume number] 255. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
  6. "Language distribution: Gilan Province". Iran Atlas. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  7. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Gilan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان گیلان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Gilan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.