Nowshahr County is a county

Counties of Iran

The provinces of Iran further subdivided into counties called shahrestan , an area inside an ostan, and consists of a city centre, few bakhsh and many villages around them. There are usually a few cities and rural agglomerations in each county. Rural agglomerations are a collection of a number...

 in Mazandaran Province

Mazandaran Province

Mazandaran Province is a Caspian province in the north of Iran. Located on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, it is bordered clockwise by the Golestan, Semnan, Tehran, Alborz, Qazvin, and Gilan provinces....

 in 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...

. The capital of the county is Nowshahr. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 116,334, in 31,842 families. The county is subdivided into two districts: the Central District

Central District (Nowshahr County)

The Central District of Nowshahr County is a district in Nowshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 102,131, in 27,814 families. The District has one city: Nowshahr....

 and Kojur District

Kojur District

Kojur District is a district in Nowshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 14,203, in 4,028 families. The District is entirely rural....

. The county has one city: Nowshahr.

Renowned Citizens

Mohammad Davoudi

Mohammad Davoudi

Mohammad Davoudi is a scholar of Iranian literature, linguistics, and Persian history. He is famous for edition and Persian translation of Divan-e Amir Pazevari, a 17th century Sufi Tabari poet of Mazandaran...

: Researcher in literature and languages of northern regions of 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...

.

Mir Bahadour Gholi Arianejad: Professor of Industrial Engineering

Industrial engineering

Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with the optimization of complex processes or systems. It is concerned with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, materials, analysis...

, Iran University of Science and Technology

Iran University of Science and Technology

The Iran University of Science and Technology is a research institution and university of engineering and science in Iran, offering both undergraduate and postgraduate studies...

, (PhD from UCLA, USA).