Province of Teheran

The Province of Teheran (Persan: RTL F تهران) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. It covers a surface of 18.909 km ² and is located at the north of the central Plate of Iran. The province has borders common with the Mazandaran to north, the Province of Qom in the south, the Province of Semnan in the east and the Province of Qazvin in the west. The metropolis of Teheran is not only the capital of the province but also the capital of the Iran. Since June 2005, the province counts 13 departments, 44 municipalities and 1.358 villages.

The province gained importance when Teheran was proclaimed capital of the dynasty Qajar E in 1778. Today Teheran is one of the 20 greater municipalities of the world in the face and a population.

Geography

The province of Teheran has more than 16.000.000 inhabitants and it is the area densément populated of Iran. Roughly 84,15% of the population are urban and 15,85% in the parts rural of the province.

Most point of the province is the Mont Damavand with an altitude of 5678m and low not is Varamin, 790m with the top of the sea level.

The largest rivers of the province are the Karaj river and Jajrud.

The assembly lines as the Elbourz cover north, Savad Kooh and Firooz Kooh are located at the North-East; Lavasanat, Qarah Daq, Shemiranat, Hassan Abad and the Namak mounts are in the southern areas; Bibi Shahr Banoo and Alqadr are located at south-east and the heights of Qasr-e-Firoozeh are located at the east of the province.

From the climatic point of view, the climate of Teheran is hot and dry in the southern part of the province, but the vicinity of the mountain is cold and semi-wet, and the tops heights are cold with long winters. The hottest months of the year are between mid-July and mid-September with temperatures between 28 and 30 °C on average, and the freshest months are December and January with average temperatures of 1 °C. The town of Teheran has moderate winters and hot summers. Annual precipitations are roughly 200 mm, the maximum being in winter.

History and Culture

The province of Teheran has some archeological sites indicant clearly old human installations several millenia. Until 300 years ago, Reyy was the most important city of the province.

However, the town of Teheran believed until becoming more the big city of the country and the capital in 1778, and since this time, it was the center of the political activities, cultural, economic and commercial of the Iran. During the 200 last years, the city accommodated many scientists, writers, poets and artists, at the same time the natives and those which lived in the city.

Teheran has more than 1500 historic sites indexed by the Organization of the cultural Heritage of Iran. Oldest in the province are the vestiges of two sites in the area of Firouzkuh which date from the 4th front millenium J. - C.

Administrative divisions

Departments: Damavand, Eslamshahr, Firouzkouh, Karaj, Nazarabad, Pakdasht, Ray, Robat Karim, Savoj Bolaq, Shahriar, Shemiranat, Teheran, and Varamin.
Municipalities: Absard, Andishe, Baghershahr, Baghestan, Boumehen, Chahardangeh, Damavand, Eshtehard, Eslamshahr, Ferdowsieh, Firouzkouh, Garmdarreh, Gharchak, Ghods, Golestan, Shahriar, Hashtgerd, Hashtgerd News, Javadabad, Hassan Abad, Kahrizak, Kamalshahr, Karaj, Kilan, Lavasan, Mahdasht, Malard, Meshkindasht, Mohammadshahr, Nasimshahr, Nazarbad, Owshan Fasham Meygoun, Pakdasht, Pardis, Pishva, Robat Karim, Roudehen, Sabasharh, Safadasht, Shahedshahr, Shahriar, Sharifabad, Teheran, Vahidieh, Varamin.

Province of Teheran today

Teheran is the shopping mall of Iran. The province has more than 17.000 production facilities employing 390.000 people, which accounts for 26% of all the Iranian units. The province counts for 30% of the Iranian economy, and accounts for 40% of the market of consumption. The province has three stoppings, Latiyan, Lar, and Amir Kabir, like two natural lakes making it possible to provide water to the town of Teheran and its province.

The province counts 170 mines, more than 330 km ² of forests and more than 12.800 km ² of pastures.

In general, all the year, of the areas like the southern slopes of the Elbourz mounts, especially in the mountains, the valleys, close to the rivers and the artificial lakes formed behind the dams Amir Kabir, Latiyan and Lar as well as the natural lakes of Jaban and Tarr provide excellent playing fields for the inhabitants of the province.

Moreover, thanks to the snowfalls in certain parts of the north of the province in winter, the mounts Elbourz provide an excellent environment for the winter sports such as the Ski. Dizin, Shemshak, and Tochal is the most popular ski stations.

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