| Namakab Rud نمكابرود | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
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  Namakab Rud | |
| Coordinates: 36°41′52″N 51°16′48″E / 36.69778°N 51.28000°E / 36.69778; 51.28000 | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | Mazandaran |
| County | Chalus |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Rural District | Kelarestaq-e Gharbi |
| Population | |
| • Total | 354 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
| Website | https://www.namakabrud.ir |
Namakâb Rud (Persian: شهرك نمکابرود, also Romanized as Shahrak-e Namakâb Rud; also known as Namak Âbrud, Namakâbrud, Namakâbrud Sar, and Nur Sar) is a town in Kelarestaq-e Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District of Chalus County, Mazandaran Province, Iran.
Geography and Divisions
Located 12 km from East Chalus is new Namakabrud township covering some 650 hectares, with the Caspian sea on its north and hyrcanius Meduben on its south.
The town is divided into a tourist and a residential section. The residential part consists of 8 neighborhoods and is designed for a tourist population of up to 100,000 people, and the entrance roads of residential neighborhoods are separated from other parts of the town. The tourism sector has many recreational facilities, such as Namakabrud amusement park, Namakabrud telecabin lines 1 and 2, sledding, ziplines, ATV karting, adventure park, shooting club, etc.
There are numerous villa cities around it which form a vacation region for the people of Tehran and Karaj.
Population
At the 2006 census, its population was 354, consisting of 71 families.
Climate
Namakab Rud has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa, Trewartha: Cf), with warm, humid summers and cool, damp winters.
Gondola lift
Namakab Rud is a tourist town and has an aerial tramway which starts at the sea level near the shores of the Caspian Sea and ends on the top of the Alborz mountains heights crossing dense forest area of Northern Iran.
See also
References
- Shahrak-e Namak Abrud can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3076394" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
- "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-09-20.
- "Namak Abrud Telecabin". ToIran.
External links
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