Alamestan Jungle

Alimestan (Persian: اليمستان‎, known as Alimastan also Romanized as Alīmestān; also known as ‘Alamestān and Alamestān)is a village in Chelav Rural District, in the Central District of Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 9, in 5 families.Alimastan jungle is nicknamed 'Iran Green Gold'.[citation needed] Alimestan village is known for its scenery, which attracts Iranian and international nature photographers. Located along the Haraz Road, the green forest of this village has two 10-meter deep meteorite impact craters. Local legend suggests that the craters were formed when Shahnameh (Book of Kings) hero Rostam kneeled to drink from a nearby spring.