Aliabad-e Katul
Aliabad-e Katul ' onMouseout='HidePop("86913")' href="/topics/Aliabad_County">Aliabad County

Aliabad County

Aliabad County is a county in Golestan Province, Iran. The capital of the county is Aliabad-e Katul. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 123,923, in 29,944 families. The county consists of two districts: Central District and Kamalan District. The county has two cities: Aliabad-e...

, in Golestan Province

Golestan Province

Golestan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the north-east of the country, south of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Gorgan....

, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. At the 2006 census its population was 46,183, in 11,676 families.

The city is sited on a hillside of the Alborz

Alborz

Alborz , also written as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran stretching from the borders of Azerbaijan and Armenia in the northwest to the southern end of the Caspian Sea, and ending in the east at the borders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan...

 Mountains between Gorgan

Gorgan

Gorgan Some east of Gorgan is the Golestan National Park. The city has a regional airport and several universities. Gorgan Airport was opened in September 2005.-Etymology:...

 and Azad Shahr. The Kaboud-val

Kaboud-val

Kaboud-val waterfall also transliterated Kaboud vâl, is a waterfall in Iran's Golestan province. It is near the Aliabad-e katul city about 3 kilometers to the south....

waterfall is near the city. Nearby are the villages of Kholin Darreh , Chinou, Alestan, and Mayan.