Babakan, Mazandaran

Babakan
Persian: بابكان
City
Babakan
Coordinates: 36°27′19″N 52°27′28″E / 36.45528°N 52.45778°E / 36.45528; 52.45778[1][2]
CountryIran
ProvinceMazandaran
CountyAmol
DistrictDasht-e Sar
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total
4,499
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Babakan (Persian: بابكان)[a] is a city in, and the capital of, Dasht-e Sar District in Amol County, Mazandaran province, Iran.[6]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, its population, as the village of Ejbar Kola in Dasht-e Sar Rural District[b] of Dabudasht District, was 1,829 in 458 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 2,028 people in 583 households.[8] The 2016 census measured the population as 4,499 people in 1,462 households,[3] by which time the rural district had been separated from the district in the formation of Dasht-e Sar District and renamed Dasht-e Sar-e Sharqi Rural District. Ejbar Kola merged with the villages of Harun Kola, Khuni Sar, Nafar Kheyl, and Najjar Mahalleh.[6]

Ejbar Kola was converted to a city in 2017[9] and renamed Babakan in 2019.[4]

See also

Iran portal

Notes

  1. ^ Formerly Ejbar Kola (اجباركلا),[4] also romanized as Ejbār Kolā; also known as Ejbār Kolā-ye Bālā[5]
  2. ^ Renamed Dasht-e Sar-e Sharqi Rural District[6]

References

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (19 October 2024). "نفرخیل, دهستان دشت سرشرقی, بخش دشت سر [Nafar Kheyl, Dasht-e Sar-e Sharqi Rural District, Dasht-e Sar District], Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  2. ^ "FF45+446 Ejbar Kola, Mazandaran Province, Iran" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  3. ^ a b سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان مازندران [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Mazandaran Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ a b Jahangiri, Eshaq (17 March 2019) [تاریخ ابلاغ (Notification date) 26/12/1397 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. تصویب‌نامه در خصوص تقسیمات کشوری در استان‌های آذربایجان غربی، اردبیل، اصفهان، بوشهر، سیستان و بلوچستان، فارس، قم، لرستان، مازندران [‌Approval regarding national divisions in the provinces of West Azerbaijan, Ardabil, Isfahan, Bushehr, Sistan and Baluchestan, Fars, Qom, Lorestan, Mazandaran]. پژوهشکده حقوقی شهر دانش [Shahr Danesh Law Research Institute] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شماره ابلاغیه [Notification number] 175033/T56016H. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
  5. ^ Ejbar Kola can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "10996080" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  6. ^ a b c Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (25 July 2012) [مصوب (Approved on) 1391,05,04 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. اصلاحات تقسيماتي در استان مازندران [‌Divisional reforms in Mazandaran province]. سامانه ملی قوانین و مقررات [National System of Laws and Regulations] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. کمیسیون سیاسی دفاعی هیأت دولت [Political Defense Commission of the Government Board]. پيشنهاد شماره [Proposal numbers] 5622/42/4/1, 144980/42/4/1, and 40794/42/4/1. Archived from the original on 22 May 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2025.
  7. ^ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان مازندران [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Mazandaran 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 مازندران [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Mazandaran Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  9. ^ Fazli, Abdolreza Rahmani (8 August 2017) [نامه شماره ۳۳۶۶۷/۵۹۸۰۶ مورخ ۱۳۹۶/۵/۱۷ (Letter No. 33667/59806 dated 1396/5/17) (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. مصوبات وزارت کشورپیرامون تبدیل روستاهای مرکز بخش به شهر [‌Approvals of the Ministry of the Interior regarding the transformation of villages in the center of the district into cities]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شماره ابلاغیه ۸۷۹۷۹ [Notification Number 87979. Archived from the original on 7 December 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2025.