Alborz province () is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Karaj, which lies 10 km west of

Tehran Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...

, at the foothills of the

Alborz mountains The Alborz ( ) range, also spelled as Alburz, Elburz or Elborz, is a mountain range in northern Iran that stretches from the border of Azerbaijan along the western and entire southern coast of the Caspian Sea and finally runs northeast and merge ...

. Alborz is Iran's smallest province in area.

History

In 2010, Karaj, Nazarabad, and Savojbolagh Counties were separated from

province in the establishment of Alborz province.

Demographics

Ethnicity

The majority of the population of Alborz identify as ethnic

Persians Persians ( ), or the Persian people (), are an Iranian ethnic group from West Asia that came from an earlier group called the Proto-Iranians, which likely split from the Indo-Iranians in 1800 BCE from either Afghanistan or Central Asia. They ...

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the counties that were later to form the province had a total population of 2,053,233. The first census after the creation of Alborz province counted 2,412,513 people in 2011. The 2016 census measured the population of the province as 2,712,400 people.

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Alborz province's administrative divisions over two censuses are shown in the following table.

Cities

According to the 2016 census, 2,512,737 people (over 92% of the population of Alborz province) live in the following cities:

Transportation

* Metro: Tehran Metro is connected with Karaj through Line 5 (dark green). There are three metro stations in the province: Karaj, Mohammadshahr, and Golshahr. The other line from Golshahr to Hashtgerd is 25 kilometers long and has a capacity of 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 Freeway 2, which connects Tehran and Tabriz. * Shared Taxi: Several shared taxi (''savari'') stations offer the possibility to go 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.

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References

{{Counties of Alborz Province Provinces of Iran Alborz (mountain range)