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Ardabil Ardabil (, fa, اردبیل, Ardabīl or ''Ardebīl'') is a city in northwestern Iran, and the capital of Ardabil Province. As of the 2022 census, Ardabil's population was 588,000. The dominant majority in the city are ethnic Iranian Azerbaija ...

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Shahrud The Shahrud (Turkish ''Şehrud'' from Persian شاهرود, DMG ''šāh-i rūd'' or ''šāh-rūd'') was a short-necked lute, illustrated in the '' Surname-i Hümayun'', resembling an oud or barbat, but being much larger. The larger size gave th ...

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Palanga Rural District Palanga Rural District ( fa, دهستان پلنگا) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in Shahrud District, Khalkhal County, Ardabil Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a co ...

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, Khalkhal County, Ardabil Province, Iran.

Population

At the 2006 census, its population was 2,827 in 640 households. The following census in 2011 counted 3,523 people in 926 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 3,226 people in 983 households; it was the largest village in its rural district.

Weather

In terms of climate, this village is located in the mountainous region and on the eastern slope of the high Agh Dagh mountain. For this reason, it has very cold weather in autumn and winter and moderate weather in spring and summer. So that in winter sometimes the air temperature reaches -30 degrees Celsius and in summer it reaches +30 degrees Celsius.

Tourist Attraction

This village is considered the tourism pole of

Khalkhal County Khalkhal County ( fa, شهرستان خلخال; az, شهرستان خلخالخالخال بؤلگه‌سی) is in Ardabil province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Khalkhal. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 92 ...

. Among the souvenirs of this village are local women's clothes, dairy products, honey, walnuts, pears, and apples. The tomb of Imamzadeh Mohammad, the famous Sibieh Khani waterfall, and Kokholan-Bar stone cave are located at the entrance of the village.

Souvenir

High quality

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is one of the most important products of Lerd tourist village.

Pears Pears are fruits produced and consumed around the world, growing on a tree and harvested in the Northern Hemisphere in late summer into October. The pear tree and shrub are a species of genus ''Pyrus'' , in the family Rosaceae, bearing the po ...

, apples, cherries, sour cherry, plums and

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, mineral water,

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, mountain honey,

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, fish and live animals are some of the other Lerd's souvenirs that you can buy from this village. The most famous handicrafts of this village, we can mention the local dress for women (in Tati language: sheh shelwar), which expresses the historical identity of the people of Lerd village.

Language

The native people of Masuleh speak Tati.

Gallery

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References

Khalkhal County Towns and villages in Khalkhal County Populated places in Khalkhal County Tourist attractions in Iran Tourist attractions in Ardabil Province Lists of tourist attractions in Iran {{Khalkhal-geo-stub