Alīābād-e Katūl

Aliabad-e Katul lies between the Gorgan plain and the wooded northern slopes of the eastern Alborz. Streams descend through forested valleys toward the lowlands, where the mountains give way to cultivated ground. Pottery from the nearby Shoghal Tepe mound bears witness to settlement in the Sasanian and Islamic periods, long before the growth of the town that came to occupy the area.