Aliabad-e Katul (Persian: علیآباد كتول, also Romanized as ‘Alīābād-e Katūl, Aliabad-e Katool, and Aliâbâd Katool; also known simply as Aliabad (Persian: علیآباد, also Romanized as ‘Alīābād)[2] is a city and capital of Aliabad County, in Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 46,183, in 11,676 families.[3]
Aliabad-e Katul
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Coordinates: 36°54′30″N 54°52′08″E | |
Province | Golestan |
County | Aliabad |
Bakhsh | Central |
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• Total | 52,838 [1] |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IDST) |
Aliabad-e Katul at GEOnet Names Server |
The city is sited 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.[4]
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