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Plans to relocate the capital from Tehran to another area due to air pollution and earthquakes have not been approved so far. A 2016 survey of 230 cities across the globe by Mercer ranked Tehran 203rd for quality of life. [16] According to the Global Destinations Cities Index in 2016, Tehran is among the top ten fastest growing destinations. [17]
This is a list of cities in Iran, categorized by province. The census years listed below comes from the Statistical Center of Iran; [1] [2] since the year 2006 the country of Iran has had a census every 5 years. The cities that are bold are capitals of provinces, counties & districts. Iran has 31 provinces and 1245 cities.
A list of cities, towns and villages in Tehran Province of north-central Iran: [1] ... Iran portal This page was last ... Code of Conduct;
Map of Administrative Subdivisions of Iran in 1911, Tehran, Eyalats, and Velayats Iran has held its modern territory since the Treaty of Paris in 1857. Prior to 1937, Iran had maintained its feudal administrative divisional structure, dating back to the time the modern state was centralized by the Safavid dynasty in the 16th century.
Iran, [a][b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), [c] also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
168,718 km 2 (65,142 sq mi) Geographically, the country of Iran is located in West Asia and borders the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. Topographically, it is predominantly located on the Persian Plateau. Its mountains have impacted both the political and the economic history of the country for several centuries.
Tehran province covers an area of 18,814 square kilometres (7,264 sq mi) and is located to the north of the central plateau of Iran. It was made a part of the First Region with its secretariat located in Tehran, upon the division of the provinces into 5 regions , solely for coordination and development purposes on June 22, 2014.
Tehran.ir. Greater Tehran Metropolitan Area is the urban agglomeration around Tehran that covers the central part of the Tehran Province and eastern part of the Alborz Province, that covers the contiguous cities of Tehran, Ray, Shemirānāt, and other areas. As of 2012, Greater Tehran had a population of close to 14 million residents. [3]