Maraveh Tappeh (Persian: مراوه تپّه)[a] is a city in the Central District of Maraveh Tappeh County, Golestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

[4] The city was fully Turkmen in its ethnic composition and Hanafi Sunni Muslim in its religion.

But as of late, it has been settled by a growing number of Khurasani Kurds of Shia Islamic religious persuasion.

Consequently, the town now has a mixed ethnic and religious population of Sunni Turkmens and Shia Kurds.

[citation needed] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 5,602 in 1,147 households,[6] when it was capital of the former Maraveh Tappeh District of Kalaleh County.