Hashtgerd () is a city in the Central District of

Savojbolagh County Savojbolagh County () is in Alborz province, Alborz province, Iran. Its capital is the city of Hashtgerd. History The name Savojbolagh is derived from Turkish and means "cold springs." The 14th-century author Hamdallah Mustawfi described ...

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province,

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, serving as capital of both the county and the district. The city is 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. ...

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 45,332 in 12,122 households, when it was in

province. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 55,640 in 17,203 households, by which time the county had been separated from the province in the establishment of

province.

Overview

Hashtgerd includes several nearby archeological mounds, known collectively as "Ozbaki." These sites, which have been actively excavated for several decades, include several mounds or Tepes, including Doshan Tapeh. Ozbaki
/ref> Includes remains of ancient settlements dating back to the 7th millennium BC through 1400 BC. These settlements include those inhabited by "Grey earthenware"

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s and the

Medians The Medes were an Iron Age Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, they occupied the mountainous region of northwestern Iran and ...

. A park called the Statue Park has been built in a green area across a valley in Hashtgerd. The park features 12 busts of notable Iranians. Hashtgerd possesses an industrial city, the Hashtgerd International Studios, a

hydroponic Hydroponics is a type of horticulture and a subset of hydroculture which involves growing plants, usually crops or medicinal plants, without soil, by using water-based mineral nutrient solutions in an artificial environment. Terrestrial or ...

farming complex, a Center for Agricultural Research and Nuclear Medicine, and the Iranian Garden Museum. Hashtgerd is the last stop on Line 5, a suburban commuter line of Tehran's metro.

External links

Case Study Hashtgerd New Town
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