Mahmudabad (Persian: محمودآباد)[a] is a city in the Central District of Mahmudabad County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

The history of the city goes back to 1889 when Haj Mohammad Hassan Khan began development efforts in the city during the reign of Naser al-Din Shah Qajar (1831–1896).

[citation needed] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 27,561 in 7,513 households.

[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 31,844 people in 10,399 households.

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