Masal

{{for multi|the administrative divisions|Masal County|and|Masal Rural District|the village in Mazandaran province|Masal, Mazandaran{{!}}Masal}}

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| official_name = Masal

| native_name = {{langx|fa|ماسال}}

| settlement_type = City

| image_skyline = Masal.jpg

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Iran

| subdivision_type1 = Province

| subdivision_name1 = Gilan

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Masal

| subdivision_type3 = District

| subdivision_name3 = Central

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| population_as_of = 2016

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| population_total = 17901

| population_density_km2 = auto

| timezone = IRST

| utc_offset = +3:30

| coordinates = {{coord|37|21|48|N|49|07|57|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}

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Masal ({{langx|fa|ماسال}}){{efn|Also romanized as Māsāl; also known as Bāzār-e Māsāl, Masal-Bazar, Sar-i-Bāzar, and Sārī Bāzār Mūsār; also known as Másál (Talysh){{GEOnet3|-3055845}}}} is a city in the Central District of Masal County, in northwestern Iran's Gilan province. The city serves as capital of both the county and the district.{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Talesh County under Gilan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110349|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213193803/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110349|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=13 December 2023|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|date=c. 2023|id=Proposal 11701.1.5.53|access-date=13 December 2023}}

Demographics

= Language =

The population consists of Talysh people whose language is Talysh. Linguistic composition of the city.{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Language distribution: Gilan Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiIyMGJlOWRlMmI1ZmQzN2Y1NGQzNzE4ODBjYjYxOWVmMCIsInMiOjE2NTg2OTUwODA1MzB9|access-date=22 March 2021|website=Iran Atlas}}

The word "Masal" and "[https://masalokur.net/ Masal Oku]" in Turkish means "read a fairy tale."{{bar box|title=Masal linguistic composition|titlebar=#ddd|left1=language|right1=percent|float=|bars={{bar percent|New Persian|yellow|20}}

{{bar percent|Gilaki|pink|5}}}}

=Population=

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 10,922 in 2,986 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Gilan 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/01.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083905/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/01.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}} The following census in 2011 counted 14,689 people in 4,394 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Gilan 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/Gilan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008063316/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gilan.xls|archive-date=8 October 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}} The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 17,901 people in 5,759 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Gilan 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_01.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204200858/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_01.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=4 December 2020}}

Notes

References

[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/masal|Online Encyclopaedia Iranica: Māsāl]
[http://www.masalsara.ir]

Category:Populated places in Masal County

Category:Cities in Gilan province

Category:Talysh settlements in Gilan province

Category:Gilak settlements in Gilan province