Masal

For the administrative divisions, see Masal County and Masal Rural District. For the village in Mazandaran province, see Masal.

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.^[4]

Masal Persian: ماسال
City
Masal
Coordinates: 37°21′48″N 49°07′57″E[1]
Country	Iran
Province	Gilan
County	Masal
District	Central
Population  (2016)[2]
• Total	17,901
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)

Demographics

Language

The population consists of Talysh people whose language is Talysh. Linguistic composition of the city.^[5]

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

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 10,922 in 2,986 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 14,689 people in 4,394 households.^[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 17,901 people in 5,759 households.^[2]

See also

Iran portal

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)^[3]

References

1. OpenStreetMap contributors (13 October 2024). "Masal, Masal County" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 13 October 2024.
2. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Gilan Province. amar.org.ir (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
3. Masal can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3055845" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
4. Mousavi, Mirhossein (c. 2023) [Approved 18 May 1366]. Creation and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Talesh County under Gilan province. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 11701.1.5.53. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.
5. "Language distribution: Gilan Province". Iran Atlas. 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
6. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Gilan 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.
7. Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Gilan Province. irandataportal.syr.edu (Report) (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 8 October 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022 – via Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University.

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