Babol

Babol (Persian: بابل, pronunciationⓘ), known as "Orange Blossom City;" also Romanized as Bābol; formerly known as Barfrouch, is a city in the Central District of Babol County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4] Babol is divided into two metropolitan areas (under Iranian law). At the 2006 census, its population was 198,636 in 55,943 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 219,467 people in 67,069 households.[6] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 250,217 people in 81,572 households.[3]