Nowshahr

Nowshahr (also Romanized as Now Shahr, Noshahr, and Nau Shahr; also known as Bandar-e Noshahr and the former name was Dehno) is a city in the Central District of Nowshahr County, Mazandaran province, Iran, and serves as both capital of the county and of the district. The largest ethnic group in Nowshahr is the Mazandarani people and they speak the Kojuri dialect of the language. They are also fluent in Persian, the official language of Iran. It is a port city on the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. Nowshahr was the center of Ruyan (Tabaristan).
At the 2006 National Census, its population was 40,578 in 11,550 households. The following census in 2011 counted 43,378 people in 12,695 households. The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 49,403 people in 16,287 households.
Climate and tourism
Nowshahr has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: Cfa, Trewartha: Cf), with warm, humid summers and cool, damp winters.
With its humid, subtropical climate, sea bathing in the waters of the Caspian, and the natural environment of its mountains, Nowshahr has long been a destination for domestic tourism in Iran. It attracts visitors by the hundreds of thousands every year to its hotels and private villas, by virtue of its transport links with the other cities of Northern Iran. During the reign of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Nowshahr was known unofficially as the 'second capital' or 'summer capital' of Iran because it was the city in which the Shah and most high-level government officials chose to live and work during the summer months.
History
Nowshahr is part of kojur area and kojur is part of Ruyan.
Ruyan is a land in the west of Mazandaran Province, Iran. This land includes Kojur, Kalārestāq and Tonekabon.
The city of Kojur was the centre of the land of the Ruyans. Ruyan has always been part of the Tabaristan, nowadays called Mazandaran province. The Ruyan was also called the Rostamdār, Ostandār and Rostamdele.
Culture and industry
Noshahr Airport, previously an army airbase and currently a civilian-only airport is located on the western part of the city. The city is also home to Imam Khomeini University for Naval Sciences, some branches and campuses of Azad University of Noshahr and Chaloos, and Royan Institute of Higher Education. The Dual-use port of Noshahr was built by a Dutch contracting firm in late 1920s and is one of the most active ports of Iran in the Caspian Sea. The city of Chaloos and its associated towns and villages were part of the Noshahr township prior to 1996 after which they formed the new township of Chaloos by legislation from the national parliament. The city has been slow to industrialize due to environmental considerations and having an already vibrant economy based on Tourism, Ship transport and Agriculture, nevertheless there are local Food processing, Timber Treatment and Steel industries. Recently, a trailer assembly plant has opened in cooperation with the MAZ of Belarus.
Sports and leisure
Noshahr was home the Shamoushak who competed in the Persian Gulf Pro League from 2003 to 2006. Shamoushak folded its football team in 2013.
Notable
Pooran Farrokhzad (b. 1933) – poet
Mohammad Rouyanian (b. 1960) – member of IRGC
Mohsen Ashouri (b. 1965) – football player
Parviz Shiva (b. 1963) – Businessman
Reza Sheykholeslam (b. 1967) – politician
Kianoush Rahmati (b. 1978) – football player
Rahman Ahmadi (b. 1980) – football player
Hassan Rangraz (b. 1980) – wrestler
Bahman Tahmasebi (b. 1980) – football player
Esmaeil Bale (b. 1985) – football player
Meysam Hosseini (b. 1987) – football player
References
External links
Tabarestan Nowshahr Language Institutes آموزشگاه بزرگ زبان طبرستان نوشهر
Cities in Mazandaran Province
Populated coastal places in Iran
Populated places on the Caspian Sea
Port cities and towns in Iran
Port cities and towns of the Caspian Sea