Amol County ( fa, شهرستان آمل) is located in Mazandaran province,

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. The capital of the county is

Amol Amol ( fa, آمل – ; ; also Romanized as Āmol and Amul) is a city and the administrative center of Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran, with a population of around 300,000 people. Amol is located on the Haraz river bank. It is less than ...

. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 343,747, in 93,194 households. Retrieved 3 November 2022 At the 2016 census, the county's population was 401,639, in 133,034 households. Amol's neighbour counties are

Babol Babol ( fa, بابل, , known as "Orange Blossom City" , also Romanized as Bābol; formerly known as Barfrouch) is the capital of Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Babol is divided into two metropolitan areas (under Iranian law). At the 20 ...

in the east, Mahmudabad in the north,

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 ...

in the northeast, Noor in the west in Mazandaran province, and Tehran province in the south.

Natural attractions

The county elevated landscape and valleys have dense forests. Its hills overlook the plains and stretch out to the high slopes of Damavand Mountains. The majestic valleys, rivers, springs, waterfalls, colorful vegetation, diversity of wildlife, thermal springs, summer quarters and rural settlements appeal to visitors.

Mount Damavand Mount Damavand ( fa, دماوند ) is a dormant stratovolcano, the highest peak in Iran and Western Asia and the highest volcano in Asia and the 2nd highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere (after Mount Kilimanjaro), at an elevation of ...

, 5610 m, the highest point in the

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Lar and Damavand Mountains

These mountains form the two branch ranges of the central

Alborz Mountains The Alborz ( fa, البرز) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs nort ...

, and are the highest sections of this range. To the north, after the Kahu ( Sefid Ab) Pass, in the village of Garmabdar ( district of Roodbar-e-Qasran), it sub-divides into two, the

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ern and south eastern ranges. In the south western sector are the peaks of Takht-e-khers and Se sang, extending towards the west, where the gigantic Damavand Peak is visible. In the southeastern sector, after running along the plains of Lar, the peaks of Haft Saran are apparent, and to the south of these plains are the peaks of Mehr Chal, Atashkadeh, Siyah Chal and Maaz. In the south eastern direction it joins the Khansak and Shad Kooh Mountains.

Haraz River

The Haraz River's source is in the skirts of the Alborz Mountains in the region of Larijan. After flowing along the Haraz Road and Valley for about 100 km. it meanders in the midst of the city of Amol, from where it reaches the

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. The fringes of this river are utilized as recreational areas as well as for fishing.

Waterfall

* Shahandasht: The Shahandasht Waterfall is the highest waterfall of Mazandaran Province. It is located in Shahandasht Village, 65 kilometers away from Amol, next to the Haraz Road from Amol to Tehran. It is 51 meters high flowing from the heart of Alborz Mountain. The waterfall consists of three waterfalls which make it 180 meters high. One can reach the waterfall by passing through the bridge of Vana Village and reaching the village of Shahandasht and walk towards the waterfall for 15 minutes on foot. *Amiri: Amiri waterfall’s height is more than 20 meters. It is located in Amiri Village, which is 120 km away from Tehran. In order to reach this waterfall not much walking is needed, one could get to the waterfall by simply following the twentieth Shams Abad ally towards its end. * Yakhi: Yakhi Waterfall with a height of 12 meters, is located in the vicinity of Doudkouh Mountain near the southern part of Damavand Peak in Mazandaran province. This waterfall is spectacular in that it is completely frozen throughout the year, except the trickle of water flowing from melting glacier above it for a short period in summer. The said waterfall is one of its own in the world. The other proposed Waterfall in county named, Ab Murad, Plas, Tara, Sang Darka, Qaleh Dokhtar, Peromed and Deryouk.

Springs and mineral water

* Ab Garm-e Larijan Thermal Springs: This thermal spring is near the

Rineh Reyneh ( fa, رِينه; also Romanized as Rīneh and Rineh; also known as Rehneh and Reneh) is a city in and the capital of Larijan District, in Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 860, in 259 families ...

village ( Larijan). Its water is used in the treatment of joint disorders, skin diseases and infections. Damavand has some thermal springs (Abe Garm Larijan) with therapeutic qualities. These mineral hot springs are mainly located on the volcano's flanks and at the base, giving evidence of volcanic heat comparatively near the surface of the earth. While no historic eruptions have been recorded, hot springs at the base and on the flanks, and fumaroles and solfatara near the summit, indicate a hot or cooling magma body still present beneath the volcano, so that Damavand is a potentially active volcano. In this village there are many hot baths. Of about 1,000 liters of water per minute Chshmە larijan SPA is removed. Its temperature is between 65 and 70 degrees Celsius. The unpleasant taste and odor of hydrogen sulfide and water color is clear. This is the source of magnesium and bicarbonate salts for skin disease, old wounds, rheumatism, respiratory tract diseases and neurological disorders is beneficial. Bath's monuments in the village of Shah Abbas Safavid period is related to The most important of these hot springs are located in Abe Garm Larijan in a village by the name Larijan in the district of Larijan in Lar Valley . The water from this spring is useful in the treatment of chronic wounds and skin diseases. Near these springs there are public baths with small pools for public use * Ab Ask Thermal Springs: These springs are located in a village by the same name in the district of Larijan. Surrounding this spring are limestone deposits which through the passage of time turn into marble. The water from this spring is useful in the treatment of chronic wounds, and skin diseases. * Amoloo Mineral Water Spring: The water from this spring can be used for drinking purposes, and is useful in treating gastro-intestinal disorders. The same can be used for skin diseases also. * Alamol: This waterfall flows from the northern slopes of the Damavand Mountains, and is more than 100 m. in height. The massive output of water from this waterfall forms a spray like mist in the air and brings about a wonderful sight. * Esterabekoh

Geography

This area with its elevated landscape and valleys has dense forests. Its tall hills overlook the plains and stretch out till the high slopes of the Damavand Mountains. The majestic and deep rocky valleys, rivers, numerous springs, elevated waterfalls, colorful vegetation, a variety of wild life, thermal springs, summer quarters, and rural settlements are some of the special factors which can prove attractive. * Mirza Kuchak Khan Forest Park: The same is located 18 km. on the Amol - Tehran road, the Haraz River flowing on the eastern side of which. * Alimastan: Alimestan Jungle is known as the Green Gold, dense fog, thick and green forests. The forest habitat plant "Alyma" grows in May which name is derived from the forest Alimestan. It has low temperature in the hot season. Numerous springs, diverse forest covers, plain and clear water, and horses are the indicators of the forest. Above all this, the Alimestan peak, about 2510 meters high, attracts many hikers in the winter and spring. * Baliran There has thick forests and meadows. up until present Garm Rud 2 is the only well dated Upper Paleolithic settlement at the north of Iranian plateau. The land around the Baleyrān normal hill, but in the north it is flat. * Halumsar * Ziaru

Administrative divisions

Economy

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meat Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted, farmed, and scavenged animals for meat since prehistoric times. The establishment of settlements in the Neolithic Revolution allowed the domestication of animals such as chic ...

dairy A dairy is a business enterprise established for the harvesting or processing (or both) of animal milk – mostly from cows or buffaloes, but also from goats, sheep, horses, or camels – for human consumption. A dairy is typically located on ...

Wood Wood is a porous and fibrous structural tissue found in the stems and roots of trees and other woody plants. It is an organic materiala natural composite of cellulose fibers that are strong in tension and embedded in a matrix of lignin th ...

and

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the main production industrial are.

Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

and

Tourism Tourism is travel for pleasure or business; also the theory and practice of touring (disambiguation), touring, the business of attracting, accommodating, and entertaining tourists, and the business of operating tour (disambiguation), tours. Th ...

are the basis economy Amol economic base is in its provincial products. Agriculture has always been a major part of the economy in and around Amol. Amol is the economic center of Mazandaran province, with

, Industrial factories and

being the base of the Amol economy.

Rice Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly ''Oryza glaberrima ''Oryza glaberrima'', commonly known as African rice, is one of the two domesticated rice species. It was first domesticated and grown i ...

grain A grain is a small, hard, dry fruit (caryopsis) – with or without an attached hull layer – harvested for human or animal consumption. A grain crop is a grain-producing plant. The two main types of commercial grain crops are cereals and legum ...

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cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor perce ...

tea Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northe ...

sugarcane Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of (often hybrid) tall, Perennial plant, perennial grass (in the genus ''Saccharum'', tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar Sugar industry, production. The plants are 2–6 m (6–20 ft) tall with ...

, and

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are produced in the lowland.

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and

are the main manufacturing industry.

Industry

Amol has extensive human relations in the country due to its extensive economic activities, about 70 thousand workers are working in 5 industrial towns of Amol. Amol is Mazandaran's export pole 79% of Mazandaran exports belong to county. Amol owns 47% of the province's

industry Industry may refer to: Economics * Industry (economics), a generally categorized branch of economic activity * Industry (manufacturing), a specific branch of economic activity, typically in factories with machinery * The wider industrial sector ...

Tourism

In city and county: Bridge Amol viwe

Larijan

Many historical and natural attractions in its place. This region has mountain villages, plains and meadows immense. Now due to the Damavand Haraz River originates best and highest-quality trout is bred in the region of the Middle East. This is one of the most mythic Iran named

Arash Arash the Archer ( fa, آرش کمانگیر ''Āraš-e Kamāngīr'') is a heroic archer-figure of Iranian mythology. According to Iranian folklore, the boundary between Iran and Turan was set by an arrow launched by Arash, after he put his own ...

. *

Damavand Mountain Mount Damavand ( fa, دماوند ) is a dormant stratovolcano, the highest peak in Iran and Western Asia and the highest volcano in Asia and the 2nd highest volcano in the Eastern Hemisphere (after Mount Kilimanjaro), at an elevation of . ...

is a stratovolcano which is the highest peak in Iran and the Middle East. It has a special place in Persian mythology and folklore. * Tomb of Mir Bozorg (Qavam al-Din Marashi Mausoleum) *

Lar Dam Lar or LAR may refer to: Places ;India * Lar, Uttar Pradesh, a town in Deoria District * Lar (Jammu and Kashmir), a town * Lata (region), also known as Lar, former region of southern Gujarat ;Iran * Lar, Iran, a city in Fars Province * Lar, Ea ...

Lar National Park Lar National Park (Persian پارک ملی لار ''park-e melli-e lar'') is a protected area in Mazandaran Province in northern Iran. Geography The park is in the Central Alborz mountain range, at the foot of Mount Damavand. It has been a na ...

* Fire temple Amol * Naser-Ol-Hagh Kabir Mausoleum (

Hasan al-Utrush Abū Muḥammad al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿUmar al-Ashraf ibn ʿAlī Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (Medina, c. 844 – Amul, January/February 917), better known as al-Ḥasan al-Uṭrūsh ( ar, الحسن الأطروش, , Hasan th ...

Tomb tower) * Sayyid Haydar Amoli (Seyyed Se Tan Tomb tower) *

Moalagh Bridge Moalagh Bridge or ''Amol Suspension Bridge'' and ''Noo Bridge'' and ''Felezi Bridge'' is a bridge in Amol, Iran. The bridge was built in the Pahlavi era on Haraz River by Germany, German engineers. The bridge was built in 1959. The Moalagh Bridg ...

* Davazdah Cheshmeh * Waterfall Shahandasht * Amol Bazaar * Museum of History * Imamzadeh Ibrahim * Malek Bahman Castle Shrine * Shekl-e Shah (Relief

Naser al-Din Shah Qajar Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدین‌شاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...

) * Jame Mosque * Agha Abbas Mosque * Yakhi Waterfall * Dokhaharan lake * Waterfall Deryouk * Shah Abbasi Baths * Fireplace (known as Shams Al-Rasol) * The Sasanian Road * Tower Khidr Nabi * Tomb of Sultan Shahabuddin * Village forest Blairan * Village forest Alimastan * Gol-e Zard Cave * Ashraf Bath * Inn Kemboja * House Manouchehri * House Shafahi * Heshtl Tower * Mirza Muhammad Ali Mosque * Kahrud Castle * Sangi Bridge Polour * Imam Hassan Askari Mosque * Imamzadeh Qasem Shrine * Imamzadeh Abdollah Shrine * Mohammad Taher Shrine * Ab ask Thermal SpringsIn itto Ats
/ref> * Lake Sahon * Haj Ali Kochak Mosque * Ab Murad Waterfall * Sang Darka Waterfall * Dehkadeh Talaei Park * Amoloo Mineral Water Spring * Forest Park Mirza Kuchak Khan Haraz * Forest Park Halumsar * Castle Kahrud * Larijan Thermal Spring * Hosseinieh of Amol * Gabri Tower * Mir-Safi Baths * Tomb Darvish Sheikh Ismail * Robat Sangi Polur * Prairie anemone of Polur * Ziaru Jungle * Haj Ali Arbab House * Do Berar Peak * Ancient Hill Qaleh Kesh * Larijan Thermal Spring * Kolakchal Mountain * Ghoredagh Mountain * Municipal House * Tekyeh Firuz Kola * Pol-e Mun Castle * Saghanefar Hendoukola * Saghanefar Zarrin Kola * Tekyeh Oji Abad * Karna Cave * Div Asiyab Spring

References

* اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران

tlas Gitashenasi Ostanhai Iran A three-letter acronym (TLA), or three-letter abbreviation, is an abbreviation consisting of three letters. These are usually the initial letters of the words of the phrase abbreviated, and are written in capital letters (upper case); three-lett ...

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Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran
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Damavand Mountaineering Guide

Gallery

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