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District 5 (Tehran)
District 5 ( fa, منطقه ۵, Mantaqeye 5) is one of 22 central districts of Tehran County in Tehran Province, Iran. This district is limited to Kan River and lands of District 22 in the west and to Mohammad Ali Jenah and Ashrafi Esfahani highways in the east. At the 2010 census, its population was 793,750, in 255,333 families. Geography District 5 of Tehran Municipality is located in northwest of the capital. The northern part of this municipal district is located on the height of the western slopes of Alborz Mountains and its southern part is in the neighborhood of Karaj Special Road. Neighborhoods The most famous neighborhoods of District 5 are Almahdi (the upper-class region in the District), Farahzad, Kan and Sooleqan, Bagh-e Feyz, Poonak, Shahran, Ferdows, Ariya-Shahr and Ekbatan Ekbatan Town ( fa, شهرک اکباتان, ) is a planned town in western Tehran, Iran. It is located approximately five kilometers west of central Tehran. Etymology The town is name ...
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Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmenistan to the north, by Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south. It covers an area of , making it the 17th-largest country. Iran has a population of 86 million, making it the 17th-most populous country in the world, and the second-largest in the Middle East. Its largest cities, in descending order, are the capital Tehran, Mashhad, Isfahan, Karaj, Shiraz, and Tabriz. The country is home to one of the world's oldest civilizations, beginning with the formation of the Elamite kingdoms in the fourth millennium BC. It was first unified by the Medes, an ancient Iranian people, in the seventh century BC, and reached its territorial height in the sixth century BC, when Cyrus the Gr ...
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Tarasht
Tarasht is a very old neighborhood in west Tehran metropolis. The neighborhood is bordered by Azadi Ave. in the south, Jenah Exp. in the west, Aryashahr neighborhood in the north, and Towhid neighborhood in the east. Sharif University of Technology, one of the leading universities in Iran is situated in this neighborhood. Azadi square The Azadi Square ( fa, میدان آزادی, translit=Meydāne Āzādī, lit=Freedom Square), formerly known as Shahyad Square ( Persian: میدان شهیاد ''Meydāne Ŝahyād'' literally means "''Remembrance of heShah Square''"), is a mai ... is located at the south-west edge of Tarasht. {{Tehran-geo-stub Neighbourhoods in District 2, Tehran ...
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Ashrafi Esfahani Expressway
Ashrafi Esfahani Expressway (Highway) is an expressway in Tehran which runs North-South from Hesarak Road to Second Sadeghiye Square. It passes Punak, Hemmat, Qasem Soleimani Qasem Soleimani ( fa, قاسم سلیمانی, ; 11 March 19573January 2020) was an Iranian military officer who served in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). From 1998 until his assassination in 2020, he was the commander of the Quds F ... and Jalale Ale Ahmad. {{Expressways of Tehran Expressways in Tehran ...
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Persian Language
Persian (), also known by its endonym and exonym, endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian languages, Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian languages, Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and used officially within Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan in three mutual intelligibility, mutually intelligible standard language, standard varieties, namely Iranian Persian (officially known as ''Persian''), Dari, Dari Persian (officially known as ''Dari'' since 1964) and Tajik language, Tajiki Persian (officially known as ''Tajik'' since 1999).Siddikzoda, S. "Tajik Language: Farsi or not Farsi?" in ''Media Insight Central Asia #27'', August 2002. It is also spoken natively in the Tajik variety by a significant population within Uzbekistan, as well as within other regions with a Persianate society, Persianate history in the cultural sphere of Greater Ira ...
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Shahr-e Ziba
Shahr-e ziba is a neighborhood in the western part of Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the Capital city, 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 th .... Neighbourhoods in Tehran {{Tehran-geo-stub ...
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Shahran
Shahran ( ar, شهران) is one of the largest tribes in the 'Asir region of Saudi Arabia. Shahrani lands are bordered by Subay' and Al-Shalaowah () from the north, 'Abida and Rofaidah from the east (), Al Njou’ from the South (), and Banou Sha’ba, Mogaidah, Banou Melk, Bal’smar, Banou Sheher, Balgern and Shamran from the west. (). The noticed density to the west of Shahrani lands is due to the presence of the large city of Abha () in that direction. Through history, tribal wars have been waged between the two neighbors, especially between Shahran and the other major tribe of the area, Qahtan (). Such wars are, of course, no longer waged after the formation of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Shahran's largest and main city is Khamis Mushayt (The largest city in ‘Asir, and the 8th largest in Saudi Arabia with an estimated population of 1,100,000). Khamis Mushayt is noted for being the fourth largest trading center in Saudi Arabia, and is famous for its world-class military ...
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Azadi Square
The Azadi Square ( fa, میدان آزادی, translit=Meydāne Āzādī, lit=Freedom Square), formerly known as Shahyad Square ( Persian: میدان شهیاد ''Meydāne Ŝahyād'' literally means "''Remembrance of heShah Square''"), is a mainly green city square in Tehran, Iran. It hosts as its centerpiece the Azadi Tower. The tower and square were commissioned by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran, to mark the 2,500th year of the foundation of the Imperial State of Iran. Design and Architecture It has an area of about 50,000 m2, plus adjacent areas and has a very large roundabout within its main confines. It is the largest square in Tehran and the second largest in Iran, being smaller than Azerbaijan Square in Tabriz. Located in the center of the Azadi Square is the Azadi Tower which has height 45 m. The design of the tower and the surrounding area is an archetype of Iranian-Islamic architecture and aesthetic geometry. The fountain is inspired by Iranian g ...
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Sa'adat Abad
Sa'adat Abad ( Sa'âdat Âbâd) is a wealthy district located in northern Tehran. Some of the notable urban amenities located in the Sa'adat Abad district are Tehran's luxurious 5-star Espinas palace hotel, Arikeh Iranian shopping centre, Aren shopping centre, Sadaf shopping mall, Zeytoon sports complex, Tehran Jurassic park, Saadat Abad Park, Parvaz garden, Erfan hospital, Atieh hospital and Parsian hospital. Because of its location in the northern Tehran and its proximity to the Alborz mountains, Sa'adat Abad district is known to have better air quality and lower levels of air pollution. Located in Sa'adat Abad is the Tehran International School (Boys Section),Dagres, Holly.Memories of Tehran International SchoolArchive. '' Your Middle East''. April 29, 2013. Retrieved on September 16, 2015. located in Farhang square. The school has about two hundred students and is a registered IB (International Baccalaureate School). See also *Evin *Velenjak * Almahdi * Punak *Tehran ...
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Ayatollah Kashani Expressway
Kashani Expressway ( fa, بزرگراه کاشانی) is an expressway in eastern 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 .... {{Expressways of Tehran Expressways in Tehran Odonyms referring to religion ...
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Ekbatan
Ekbatan Town ( fa, شهرک اکباتان, ) is a planned town in western Tehran, Iran. It is located approximately five kilometers west of central Tehran. Etymology The town is named after Ecbatana, the capital city of the ancient Median Empire around 700 BC. It was the first capital of ancient Iranians to be established in Western Asia, and is the ancestor of the modern city of Hamedan. The word ''Ekbātān'' is a variant of ''Ecbatana'' ( el, Εκβάτανα ) which derives from Old Persian ''Haŋgmetana'', meaning "place of gathering". History Construction The construction of Ekbatan was started in 1975, for the purpose of mass housing. It was designed by Rahman Golzar, and American architecture firm ‘ Gruzen Partnership’. Phase 1 of the town was then successfully built and completed by the American company Starrett, before the 1979 Revolution. At the beginning, Ekbatan was the largest property development by a privately held company in Western Asia. The construc ...
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Sadeghiyeh
Sadeghiyeh (also Sadeghieh, Sadeqiyeh) ( fa, صادقیه) is a heavily populated district in the West of Tehran, Iran. Also called by its pre-revolutionary name Ariashahr (also Aryashahr) (Persian: آریاشهر), it is one of Tehran's busiest commercial and residential centers. The Sadighiyeh metro station is one of the busiest stations in Tehran where Teheran Metro lines 2 and 5 (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 ur ... Intercity Train) intersect. Sadighiyeh has two main squares called ''First Sadighiyeh Square'' and ''Second Sadighiyeh Square''. Neighbourhoods in Tehran {{TehranCounty-geo-stub ...
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