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Babol is a city in the Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
ian province of Mazandaran, north-east of Tehran
Tehran

Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran, and the administrative center of Tehran Province. Tehran is a sprawling city at the foot of the Alborz mountain range with an immense network of highways unparalleled in Western Asia....
 and about 40 kilometers from Sari
Sari, Iran

Sari is the provincial capital of Mazandaran, located in the north of Iran, between the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains and southern coast of Mazandaran Sea....
. It is the region's chief commercial centre and was once the major trading center of northern Iran. The population is estimated at 283,617 .

ded in the 16th century, it was built on the site of the ancient city of Mamter (deriving from "Mah Mithra" "great Mithra
Mithra

Mithra is an important deity or divine concept in Zoroastrianism and later Iranian history and culture.Mithra is descended, together with the Historical Vedic religion deity Mitra , from a common proto-Indo-Iranian entity *mitra "treaty, bond"....
).






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Babol
Babol is a city in the Iran
Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea....
ian province of Mazandaran, north-east of Tehran
Tehran

Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran, and the administrative center of Tehran Province. Tehran is a sprawling city at the foot of the Alborz mountain range with an immense network of highways unparalleled in Western Asia....
 and about 40 kilometers from Sari
Sari, Iran

Sari is the provincial capital of Mazandaran, located in the north of Iran, between the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains and southern coast of Mazandaran Sea....
. It is the region's chief commercial centre and was once the major trading center of northern Iran. The population is estimated at 283,617 .

History

Founded in the 16th century, it was built on the site of the ancient city of Mamter (deriving from "Mah Mithra" "great Mithra
Mithra

Mithra is an important deity or divine concept in Zoroastrianism and later Iranian history and culture.Mithra is descended, together with the Historical Vedic religion deity Mitra , from a common proto-Indo-Iranian entity *mitra "treaty, bond"....
). Babol was formerly called Barforushdeh and Barforush afterwards.

Geography and climate

The city is located approximately 20 kilometers south of Caspian Sea
Caspian Sea

The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed body of water on Earth by area, variously classed as the List of lakes by area or a full-fledged sea. It has a surface area of 371,000 square kilometers and a volume of 78,200 cubic kilometers ....
 on the west bank of Babol Rood River and receives abundant annual rainfall. Babol borders Babolsar
Babolsar

Babolsar is a city in Mazandaran province, Iran. It is located on the southern coast of the Caspian sea. Since the Babol river passes through the city, both the bank of the river and the beach of the sea potentially form excellent tourist attractions in the city....
 to the north, Qaem Shahr and Savad Kooh to the east, and Amol
Amol

Amol is a city in Mazandaran Province, Iran, located on the Haraz river bank. It is less than 20 km south of the Caspian sea and less than 10 km north of the Alborz mountains....
 to the west. Babol University is famous for its breathtaking environment.

Mazandaranbabol

Landmarks

The ruins of Shah Abbas I's palace are located in the city.

Economy

Food and textiles — as well as other processed goods — are produced. Fruits grown and processed in Babol include orange
Orange (fruit)

An orange?specifically, the sweet orange?is the citrus Citrus sinensis and its fruit. The orange is a Hybrid of ancient cultivated origin, possibly between pomelo and tangerine ....
s, lemon
Lemon

The lemon is the common name for Citrus limon. The reproductive tissue surrounds the seed of the angiosperm lemon tree. The lemon is used for culinary and nonculinary purposes throughout the world....
s, and tangerine
Tangerine

The tangerine is an orange - or red -coloured citrus fruit. It is a variety of the Mandarin orange . Tangerines are smaller than most orange , and the skin of some varieties will peel off more easily....
s. There are many rice
Rice

Rice is a staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in tropical Latin America, and East Asia, South Asia and Southeast Asia, making it the second-most consumed cereal grain, after maize....
 farms around the city, and tea
Tea

Tea refers to the agricultural products of the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the Camellia sinensis plant, prepared and cured by various methods....
, tobacco
Tobacco

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines....
, and cotton
Cotton

Cotton is a soft, staple fiber that grows in a form known as a boll around the seeds of the cotton plant a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the Americas, India and Africa....
 were processed in the past — about 20 years ago. Babol is more commercial compared to most nearby cities.

Colleges and universities

Universities include:
  • Babol Noshirvani University of Technology (7th stage in Iran)
  • Babol University of Medical Sciences
    Babol University of Medical Sciences

    Babol University of Medical Sciences , is a medical sciences university in the city of Babol, Mazandaran province, Persian Empire .It was founded originally as a school for laboratory technicians in 1962, and was elevated to university status in 1985....
  • Mazandaran University of Science and Technology
    Mazandaran University of science and technology

    Mazandaran University of science and technologyin order to solve the problems of governmentOn accepting students and with attention to the point that one of the greatest problems of society and government is the lack of managers, MUST was established in 1992 as the first non ?governmental university under the accreditation of Science, Researche...
  • University of Mazandaran
    University of Mazandaran

    University of Mazandaran is a university located in Mazandaran Province of Iran, headquartered in the city of Babolsar.The university was founded in 1979 by the merging of Babolsar College of Economics and Social Sciences est....
  • Payam noor University
  • Islamic Azad University
    Islamic Azad University

    Islamic Azad University is a Private university chain of universities in Iran.Headquartered in Tehran, Iran, the Islamic Azad University was founded in 1982 and currently has an enrollment of 1.3 million students....
  • Sama College


Sport

Babol is home to Iranian Basketball Super League
Iranian Basketball Super League

The Iranian Basketball Super League is a professional basketball league in Iran founded in 1998....
 side BEEM Mazandaran BC who play in the Shahid Sajoodi Arena. BEEM has also a popular vollyeball team in Iranian superligue in 2008-2009. Exept these teams Babol has also has famous sportman in table tennis like 'Noshad Alamian' and others.

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