Babol (Persian: بابل‎‎, About this sound pronunciation , also Romanized as Bābol; formerly known as Bārforush) is the capital of Babol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. Babol is divided into two metropolitan area (Under Iranian law). At the 2012 census, its population was 219,467, in 66,944 families.Babol is located in the north of Iran, between the northern slopes of the Alborz Mountains and southern coast of the Caspian Sea.