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{{Short description|City in Gilan province, Iran}}
{{for multi|the administrative divisions|Masal County|and|Masal Rural District|the village in Mazandaran province|Masal, Mazandaran{{!}}Masal}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox settlement
| official_name      = Masal
| native_name        = {{langx|fa|ماسال}}
| settlement_type    = City
| image_skyline      = Masal.jpg
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| pushpin_map        = Iran
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| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Iran]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Gilan province|Gilan]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Counties of Iran|County]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[Masal County|Masal]]
| subdivision_type3  = [[Bakhsh|District]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Central District (Masal County)|Central]]
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| population_as_of   = 2016
| population_footnotes = <ref name="2016 Gilan Province"/>
| population_total   = 17901
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone           = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]]
| utc_offset         = +3:30
| coordinates        = {{coord|37|21|48|N|49|07|57|E|dim:1km|display=inline,title}}
| coordinates_footnotes = <ref>{{Cite map |author=((OpenStreetMap contributors)) |url=https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=37.363333&mlon=49.1325&zoom=15#map=15/37.36333/49.13250|website=[[OpenStreetMap]] |title=Masal, Masal County|date=13 October 2024|access-date=13 October 2024|lang=fa}}</ref>
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'''Masal''' ({{langx|fa|ماسال}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Māsāl'''; also known as '''Bāzār-e Māsāl''', '''Masal-Bazar''', '''Sar-i-Bāzar''', and '''Sārī Bāzār Mūsār'''; also known as '''Másál''' ([[Talysh language|Talysh]])<ref>{{GEOnet3|-3055845}}</ref>}} is a city in the [[Central District (Masal County)|Central District]] of [[Masal County]], in northwestern [[Iran]]'s [[Gilan province|Gilan]] province. The city serves as capital of both the county and the district.<ref name="Rezvanshahr County Rural Districts">{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of 12 rural districts including villages, farms and places in Talesh County under Gilan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110349|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213193803/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/110349|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|archive-date=13 December 2023|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|date=c. 2023|id=Proposal 11701.1.5.53|access-date=13 December 2023}}</ref>
==Demographics==
=== Language ===
The population consists of [[Talysh people]] whose language is [[Talysh language|Talysh]]. Linguistic composition of the city.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015|title=Language distribution: Gilan Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution#eyJ0IjoieCIsImkiOiIyMGJlOWRlMmI1ZmQzN2Y1NGQzNzE4ODBjYjYxOWVmMCIsInMiOjE2NTg2OTUwODA1MzB9|access-date=22 March 2021|website=Iran Atlas}}</ref>{{bar box|title=Masal linguistic composition|titlebar=#ddd|left1=language|right1=percent|float=|bars={{bar percent|[[New Persian]]|yellow|20}}
{{bar percent|[[Talysh language|Talysh]]|blue|75}}
{{bar percent|[[Gilaki language|Gilaki]]|pink|5}}}}
===Population===
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 10,922 in 2,986 households.<ref name="2006 Gilan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Gilan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/01.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083905/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/01.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 14,689 people in 4,394 households.<ref name="2011 Gilan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Gilan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gilan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008063316/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Gilan.xls|archive-date=8 October 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 17,901 people in 5,759 households.<ref name="2016 Gilan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Gilan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_01.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204200858/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_01.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=4 December 2020}}</ref>
==See also==
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== Notes ==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/masal|Online ''Encyclopaedia Iranica'': Māsāl]
* [http://www.masalsara.ir]
{{Authority control}}
{{Gilan Province|state=collapsed}}
{{Masal County|state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Populated places in Masal County]]
[[Category:Cities in Gilan province]]
[[Category:Talysh settlements in Gilan province]]
[[Category:Gilak settlements in Gilan province]]
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