Al Tappeh

Al Tappeh
Persian: التپه
Village
Al Tappeh is located in Iran
Al Tappeh
Al Tappeh
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 36°41′07″N 53°35′14″E / 36.68528°N 53.58722°E / 36.68528; 53.58722
CountryIran
ProvinceMazandaran
CountyBehshahr
DistrictCentral
Rural DistrictKuhestan
Population
 (2016)
 • Total
1,930
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

Al Tappeh (Persian: التپه) is a village in Kuhestan Rural District of the Central District in Behshahr County, Mazandaran province, Iran.

Demographics

Population

Population history
YearPop.±%
1950 465—    
1976 961+106.7%
1986 1,470+53.0%
2006 1,903+29.5%
2011 1,634−14.1%
2016 1,930+18.1%

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,903 in 467 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,634 people in 452 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,930 people in 605 households.

Geography

The village is on the northern slopes of the Alborz mountain range, at the foothills of Jahan Moora. It has a vast landscape to the north overlooking the lush and fertile plain of Mazandaran and beyond, the Gorgan Gulf, the Miankaleh peninsula, and the Caspian Sea.

Al Tappeh is located 1 km east of Behshahr, on the south side of road 22 that connects Behshahr to Gorgan.

Infrastructure

In the 1976 census, Al Tappeh had power and water infrastructure, as well as an elementary school. In 1986, the village also had phone and postal services.

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Also known as ‘Alī Tappeh and Tappeh

References

  1. 1 2 OpenStreetMap contributors (31 December 2025). "التپه [Al Tappeh], Altappeh, دهستان کوهستان, بخش مرکزی شهرستان بهشهر [Kuhestan Rural District, Central District of Behshahr County], Behshahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 31 December 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان مازندران [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Mazandaran Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Al Tappeh at GEOnet Names Server
  4. ↑ "Ali Tappeh, Behshahr District, Sari- Province No.2" (PDF) (in Persian). Retrieved 19 December 2025., from the Geographical Culture of Iran, Vol 3 - Province No.2, page 25, Geographical bureau of Army Headquarters, published September 1950, Author: Hosseyn Ali Razmara
  5. 1 2 "1976 census results, Mazandaran settlements" (PDF). amar.org.ir (in Persian). Iran Statistical Center. p. 71. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
  6. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان مازندران [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Mazandaran Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان مازندران [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Mazandaran Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ↑ "A trip to the village of Al Tappeh, Behshahr". Anyja. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "1986 Iran census results: Behshahr, Mazandaran" (PDF). amar.org.ir (in Persian). Iran Statistical Center. pp. 25, 26. Retrieved 2 June 2025.