Ab Malakh waterfalls

Ab Malakh
Persian: اب ملخ
Village
Ab Malakh is located in Iran
Ab Malakh
Ab Malakh
Location within Iran
Coordinates: 31°08′27″N 51°22′08″E / 31.14083°N 51.36889°E / 31.14083; 51.36889[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceIsfahan
CountySemirom
DistrictPadena
Rural DistrictPadena-ye Sofla
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
75
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)

The Ab Malakh waterfalls (Persian: آبشار آب ملخ)[a] are a set of waterfalls near the village of Ab Malakh in Padena-ye Sofla Rural District of Padena District in Semirom County, Isfahan province, Iran. According to local legend, the waterfalls have water that can be used to kill locusts due to the chemical contents of the water.

The waterfalls are also known as Takht-e Soleiman, or "the seat of Soleiman."[5][4] The waterfall overflows into the Ab Malakh river at both ends of a tunnel through which the river flows.[6][7] The waterfall was reported to be threatened by local development in 2014.[8]

Ab Malakh village

Ab Malakh (اب ملخ)[b] is the village in Padena-ye Sofla Rural District[10] near the waterfalls.

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was below the reporting threshold.[11] The following census in 2011 counted five people in four households.[12] The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 75 people in 32 households.[2]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ Romanized as Ābshār-e Āb Malakh;[3] (English: "locust water waterfall")[4]
  2. ↑ Also romanized as Āb Malakh[9]

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (4 June 2026). "Ab Malakh, Padena-ye Sofla RD, Padena District, Semirom County, Isfahan Province, Iran" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 4 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Isfahan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ↑ Ab Malakh at GEOnet Names Server
  4. 1 2 Danaei, Kamran (7 July 2020). "The Mysterious "Locust" Waterfall". Iran Wire. Islamic Republic News Agency. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "Ab Malakh Waterfall: One of The Most Beautiful Waterfalls of Iran". Tasnim News Agency. 19 November 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Mollahosseini, Mohammad. "آشنایی با آبشار آب ملخ – اصفهان". Hamshahri Online (in Persian). Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  7. ↑ Soleiman Nouri, Alireza (8 April 2018). ""آب ملخ" سمیرم عجیب ترین آبشار ایران". Iran (Newspaper) (in Persian). Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Afshar Semiromi, Behnam (28 August 2014). "بهشت گمشده ایران زمین در آستانه تخریب". Etemad (in Persian). Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Ab Malakh at GEOnet Names Server
  10. ↑ Mousavi, Mir-Hossein (1 July 1987) [تاریخ تصویب (Approval date) 1366.4.10 (Iranian Jalali calendar)]. ‌ایجاد و تشکیل 6 دهستان شامل روستاها، مزارع و مکانها در شهرستان سمیرم تابع استان اصفهان [‌Creation and establishment of six rural districts including villages, farms and places in Semirom County]. لام تا کام [Lam ta Kam] (in Persian). ‌وزارت کشور [Ministry of the Interior]. هیات وزیران [Council of Ministers]. شناسه [ID] 1B78FCE7-2DAF-4F95-8041-6713BE557283. شماره دوره [Course number] 66, شماره جلد [Volume number] 6. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
  11. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Isfahan Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  12. ↑ سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان اصفهان [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Isfahan Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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