Babolsar County ( fa, شهرستان بابلسر) is in Mazandaran province,

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, on the

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. The capital of the county is the city of

Babolsar Babolsar ( fa, بابلسر, also Romanized as Bābolsar and Bābul Sar; also known as Mashhadsar (Persian: مَشهَدسَر), also Romanized as Mashhad-i-Sar and Meshed-i-Sar) is a city and capital of Babolsar County, Mazandaran Province, Ira ...

. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 172,600 in 46,595 households. Retrieved 4 November 2022 The following census in 2011 counted 124,323 people in 37,838 households, by which time Fereydunkenar District had been separated from the county to form

Fereydunkenar County Fereydunkenar County ( fa, شهرستان فریدونکنار) is in Mazandaran province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Fereydunkenar. At the 2006 census, the region's population (as Fereydunkenar District of Babolsar Count ...

. At the 2016 census, the county's population was 135,191 in 44,482 households.

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Babolsar County's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table. The latest census shows three districts, six rural districts, and three cities.

References

Counties of Mazandaran Province {{Mazandaran-geo-stub