Alborz Province ( fa, استان البرز, ''Ostān-e Alborz'') is one of the 31 provinces of

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Karaj Karaj ( fa, کرج, ) is the capital of Alborz Province, Iran, and effectively a satellite city of Tehran. Although the county hosts a population around 1.97 million, as recorded in the 2016 census, most of the county is rugged mountain. The urb ...

is the seat of the province, which is situated 10 km west of

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

, at the foothills of the Alborz mountains. It is Iran's smallest province in area. At the time of the 2006 National Census, the districts that were later to form the province had a population of 2,053,233. Retrieved 17 December 2022 According to the National Census of 2016, the population of Alborz province was 2,712,400 of which 92.6% lived in urban areas. The majority of the population of Alborz identify as ethnic

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Administrative divisions

The province of Alborz has seven

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as follows:

Cities

As of 2006, the predecessor districts of Alborz province contained the following cities:

Chaharbagh Chaharbagh ( fa, چهارباغ; formerly, Chahar Dangeh (Persian: چهار دانگه), also Romanized as Chahār Dāngeh) is a city and capital of Chaharbagh District, in Savojbolagh County, Alborz Province, Iran Iran, officiall ...

Eshtehard Eshtehard ( fa, Eŝtehārd) ( Tati: ,) is a city in and the capital of Eshtehard District, in Karaj County, Alborz Province Alborz Province ( fa, استان البرز, ''Ostān-e Alborz'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.

, Garmdarreh,

Hashtgerd Hashtgerd ( fa, هشتگرد; also known as Ashjird, Hashtjerd, and Hashtjird) is a city in and the capital of Savojbolagh County, Alborz Province, Iran. Hashtgerd is located west of Tehran. It is the capital of Savojbolagh County. Hashtgerd ...

, Kamal Shahr,

Kuhsar Kuhsar ( fa, كوهسار; formerly two independent villages, Chendar (Persian: چِندارو also Romanized as Chendār and Chandār) and Qal'e Soleimankhani (Persian: قلعه سلیمانخانی)) is a city and capital of Chendar District, i ...

, Mahdasht, Meshkin Dasht, Mohammadshahr, Nazarabad, Shahr-e Jadid-e Hashtgerd, and Taleqan.

Transportation

* Metro: Tehran Metro is connected with Karaj through Line 5 (dark green). There are 3 metro stations in the province: Karaj, Mohammadshahr, and Golshahr. The other line from Golshahr to Hashtgerd for 25 kilometers long and has the capacity of transporting 250,000 passengers daily. * Train: All trains that connect Tehran with the western parts of Iran and those that go to Turkey, pass through Karaj and most of them stop at Karaj railway station. * Bus: Karaj is on Free Way 2, which connects Tehran and Tabriz. * Shared Taxi: Several shared taxi (savari) stations offer the possibility to come from Tehran to different parts of Alborz province. The stations are located in Vanak, Tajrish, Enghelab, and Azadi. Their price varies from 40,000 to 50,000 rials, depending on their routes.

References

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