Namakab Rud نمكابرود | |
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  Namakab Rud | |
| Coordinates:36°41′52″N51°16′48″E / 36.69778°N 51.28000°E /36.69778; 51.28000 | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Province | Mazandaran |
| County | Chalus |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Rural District | Kelarestaq-e Gharbi |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 354 |
| Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
| Website | https://www.namakabrud.ir |
Namakâb Rud (Persian:شهرك نمکابرود, alsoRomanized asShahrak-e Namakâb Rud; also known asNamak Âbrud,Namakâbrud,Namakâbrud Sar, andNur Sar)[1] is a town inKelarestaq-e Gharbi Rural District, in theCentral District ofChalus County,Mazandaran Province,Iran.
Located 12 km from East Chalus is new Namakabrud township covering some 650 hectares, with the Caspian sea on its north and hyrcaniusMeduben on its south.
The town is divided into a tourist and a residential section. The residential part consists of 8 neighborhoods and is designed for a tourist population of up to 100,000 people, and the entrance roads of residential neighborhoods are separated from other parts of the town. The tourism sector has many recreational facilities, such as Namakabrud amusement park, Namakabrud telecabin lines 1 and 2, sledding, ziplines, ATV karting, adventure park, shooting club, etc.[citation needed]
There are numerous villa cities around it which form a vacation region for the people ofTehran andKaraj.[citation needed]
At the 2006 census, its population was 354, consisting of 71 families.[2] Decreased to 83 people and 25 households in 2016 census.[3]
Namakab Rud has ahumid subtropical climate (Köppen:Cfa,Trewartha:Cf), with warm, humid summers and cool, damp winters.
Namakab Rud is a tourist town and has anaerial tramway which starts at the sea level near the shores of theCaspian Sea and ends on the top of theAlborz mountains heights crossing denseforest area ofNorthern Iran.[4]
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