Salman Shahr

Salman Shahr is a city in, and the capital of, Salmanshahr District of Abbasabad County, Mazandaran province, Iran. It is 30 km east of Tonekabon en route to the city of Chalus.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 9,592 in 2,605 households, when it was in the former Abbasabad District of Tonekabon County. The following census in 2011 counted 8,654 people in 2,560 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Abbasabad County, and the city was in the newly formed Kelarabad District. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 9,656 people in 3,057 households, when the district's name had changed to Salmanshahr District.

Economy
Tourism is an important part of the city's economy. In the late 2000s the major development and construction projects called "Qoo" or "Diamond of the Middle East" were kicked off. The core of these projects is built in the same place as where Motel Qoo was located. This vast complex of commercial, residential, tourist, sports, and entertainment include a 5-star hotel, two residential and commercial towers, a sports complex, and a six-story parking garage that is built in the form of a giant ship. This project has a total land area of 43,263 sqm, where 173,000 sqm of it will be constructed as follows:


 * Residential high rise of Negin Pooya: Includes twin towers of 25 floors with 300 units of residential apartments.
 * Commercial high rise of Negin Poorya: Composed of three floors with its own entrance separate independent and separate from that of the residential tower.
 * 5-star deluxe international hotel of Swan: 35 floors containing 337 rooms.