Simon Bolivar (,

romanized In linguistics, romanization is the conversion of text from a different writing system to the Roman (Latin) script, or a system for doing so. Methods of romanization include transliteration, for representing written text, and transcription, ...

: ), also called Almahdi, is an affluent neighborhood in north western

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. ...

located on the hills of

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 ...

. Due to the latest census held in Tehran, the hood is home to 53000 people in a 1.36 square kilometers wide area. It's named after

Simón Bolívar Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios (24July 178317December 1830) was a Venezuelan statesman and military officer who led what are currently the countries of Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Panama, and Bol ...

, the Venezuelan military and political leader.

Location

The neighborhood borders limit from north to Simon Bolivar Boulevard (named after

), from east to Expressway in Iran

Ashrafi Esfahani Expressway, from south to Expressway in Iran

Hashemi Rafsanjani Expressway and from west to Expressway in Iran

Sattari Expressway. Within the administrative divisions of

, Simon Bolivar has common borders along with six neighborhoods including: Morad Abad, Kouhsar and Naft (in the north), Punak (in the east), North Punak (in the south) and finally North Jannat Abad (in the west). Since Simon Bolivar is located on a relief ground in comparison to most of

, it benefits from healthy non polluted air according to Tehran Air Quality Control Company. Using Hashemi Rafsanjani Expressway, Simon Bolivar connects to

Sa'adat Abad Sa'adat Abad ( Sa'âdat Âbâd) is a wealthy district located in northern Tehran. The texture of the neighborhood is modern. Most of the main and secondary streets are wide and have been designed and implemented based on urban standard principl ...

(to east) and Jannat Abad (to west). Excluding western and southwestern parts, it’s almost a residential neighborhood with pacific atmosphere and snug vegetated alleys while main streets are quite wide. Streets and alleys follow a tidy rectangular pattern which makes it easy to reach anyplace.

Transportations

Main streets in Simon Bolivar are listed below: *Imam Reza St. *Zeytoun St. *Almahdi St. *Chamran St. *Fakouri St. BRT (Tehran rapid bus transits): * Taleqani station (line #10)

Gallery

File:Almahdi Autumn 2018.png, Simon Bolivar during Spring File:Almahdi hazy.jpg, Autumnal haze in Simon Bolivar. Mountains vanished due to obscurity of vision (autumn to spring). File:Almahdi at night.jpg, Nocturnal clouds over Simon Bolivar. File: Almahdi prairie.jpg, Prairie on the southern flank of Alborz mountain ranges, Simon Bolivar during springtime.

References

Neighbourhoods in Tehran {{Tehran-geo-stub

Location

Transportations

Gallery

See also

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