Gatab
{{Short description|City in Mazandaran province, Iran}}
{{for|the administrative divisions|Gatab District|Gatab-e Jonubi Rural District|Gatab-e Shomali Rural District}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Babol
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Gatab ({{langx|fa|گتاب}}){{efn|Also romanized as Gatāb; also known as Bālā Gatāb, Bālā Ketāb, Gatāb-e Bālā, and Ketāb{{GEOnet3|-3837064}}}} is a city in, and the capital of, Gatab District of Babol County, Mazandaran province, Iran.{{cite web|title=Changes and divisional reforms in Mazandaran province|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/120309|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927061909/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/120309|lang=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|archive-date=27 September 2013|orig-date=Approved 31 January 1379|date=5 July 1392|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|access-date=16 January 2024|id=Proposal 1.4.42.18888; Notification 4663/T20986AH}} It also serves as the administrative center for Gatab-e Shomali Rural District.{{cite report|title=Creation and establishment of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Babol County under Mazandaran province|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108036|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701003808/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108036|lang=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|archive-date=1 July 2012|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|date=11 April 1391|id=Proposal 53.1.11700; Notification 116182/T868|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|access-date=16 January 2024}}{{efn|Formerly Gatab Rural District}}
Demographics
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 6,956 in 1,744 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Mazandaran Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/02.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920090640/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/02.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 7,242 people in 2,084 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Mazandaran Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Mazandaran.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230119182058/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Mazandaran.xls|archive-date=19 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 7,374 people in 2,340 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Mazandaran Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_02.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007110909/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_02.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=7 October 2021}}
See also
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{{Mazandaran Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Babol County|state=collapsed}}
Category:Cities in Mazandaran province
Category:Populated places in Babol County
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