Babol County is a county

Counties of Iran

The provinces of Iran further subdivided into counties called shahrestan , an area inside an ostan, and consists of a city centre, few bakhsh and many villages around them. There are usually a few cities and rural agglomerations in each county. Rural agglomerations are a collection of a number...

 in Mazandaran Province

Mazandaran Province

Mazandaran Province is a Caspian province in the north of Iran. Located on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea, it is bordered clockwise by the Golestan, Semnan, Tehran, Alborz, Qazvin, and Gilan provinces....

 in Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. The capital of the county is Babol

Babol

Babol is a city in and the capital of Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 198,636, in 55,943 families....

. 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

Central District (Babol County)

The Central District of Babol County is a district in Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 287,006, in 79,368 families. The District has two cities: Babol and Amirkola....

, Bandpey Gharbi District

Bandpey Gharbi District

Bandpey Gharbi District is a district in Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 24,477, in 6,886 families. The District has one city: Khush Rudpey....

, Bandpey Sharqi District

Bandpey Sharqi District

Bandpey Sharqi District is a district in Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 32,522, in 8,243 families. The District has one city: Galugah....

, Lalehabad District

Lalehabad District

Lalehabad District is a district in Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 49,383, in 12,737 families. The District has one city: Zargarmahalleh....

, Gatab District

Gatab District

Gatab District is a district in Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 45,104, in 11,185 families. The District has one city: Gatab....

, and Babol Kenar District

Babol Kenar District

Babol Kenar District is a district in Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 24,946, in 6,788 families. The District has one city: Marzikola....

. The county has seven cities: Babol

Babol

Babol is a city in and the capital of Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 198,636, in 55,943 families....

, Amirkola

Amirkola

Amirkola is a city in the Central District of Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 25,186, in 6,923 families....

, Galugah, Gatab

Gatab

Gatab is a city in and the capital of Gatab District, Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,956, in 1,744 families....

, Khush Rudpey

Khush Rudpey

Khush Rudpey is a city in and the capital of Bandpey Gharbi District, Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 2,940, in 792 families....

, Marzikola

Marzikola

Marzikola is a city in and the capital of Babol Kenar District, Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 525, in 141 families....

, and Zargarmahalleh

Zargarmahalleh

Zargarmahalleh is a city in and the capital of Lalehabad District, Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 425, in 110 families....

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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, specifically Babol County are :

Pahlavi Dynasty

Pahlavi dynasty

The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty consisted of two Iranian/Persian monarchs, father and son Reza Shah Pahlavi (reg. 1925–1941) and Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi The Pahlavi dynasty ...

House of Karen

House of Karen

The House of Karen were an aristocratic feudal family of Hyrcania...

House of Moradi (branch of the House of Suren)

House of Sheren

House of Batoul

Please note the largest tribe from the Mazandaran region and Babol, are the Balf

Balf

Balf is the main tribe of the region Babol, and originate from the House of Suren.Balf is a town in Hungary, a district of Sopron.The well-known Jewish scholar and writer Antal Szerb was deported to a concentration camp near Balf and there beaten to death there in January 1945....

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