Shal

Shal (Persian: شال) (Tati: چال, Čâl)[2] is a city and capital of Shal District, in Buin Zahra County, Qazvin Province, Iran. At the 2006 census its population was 15,104, in 3,348 families.[3] The language of the people in the Shal is Tati.

For other places with the same name, see Shal (disambiguation).
S_hal
شال
City
S_hal is located in Iran
S_hal
S_hal
Coordinates: 35°53′54″N 49°46′20″E
Country Iran
ProvinceQazvin
CountyBuin Zahra
BakhshShal
Population
 (2016 Census)
 • Total15,290 [1]
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IDST)
Shal at GEOnet Names Server
Ruins near Kheyrabad, Shal

The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi listed Shal as one of the main villages in the territory of Qazvin.[4]

Shal is historically known as a center of sheep breeding.[5]: 858 

References
  1. "Statistical Center of Iran > Home".
  2. Shal can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3084351" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  3. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" (Excel). Statistical Center of Iran. Archived from the original on 2011-11-11.
  4. Hamdallah Mustawfi (1919). Le Strange, Guy (ed.). The Geographical Part of the Nuzhat-al-Qulub. p. 64. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  5. Lambton, Ann K.S.; Hillenbrand, R.M. (1978). "ḲAZWĪN". In Van Donzel, E.; Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Volume IV (IRAN-KHA). Leiden: E.J. Brill. pp. 857–63. ISBN 90 04 05745 5. Retrieved 8 April 2022.


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