Babol County (Persian: شهرستان بابل) is a county in Mazandaran Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Babol. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 464,538, in 125,187 families. The county is subdivided into six districts: the Central District, Bandpey-ye Gharbi District, Bandpey-ye Sharqi District, Lalehabad District, Gatab District, and Babol Kenar District. The county has seven cities: Babol, Amirkola, Galugah, Gatab, Khush Rudpey, Marzikola, and Zargarmahalleh. The most famous of Babol's historical buildings are Imamzadeh Ghasem (a holly shrine built at 15 AD), Ganjineh-ye-Babol, Mohammad Hassan Khan bridge, tower of the Royal Palace and the Jameh Mosque. Some notable families originating from Mazandaran,...
