Rudehen () is a city in, and the capital of,

Rudehen District Rudehen District () is in Damavand County, Tehran province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia ...

Damavand County Damavand County () is in Tehran province, Iran. The capital of the county is the city of Damavand Mount Damavand ( ) is a dormant stratovolcano and is the highest peak in Iran and Western Asia, the highest volcano in Asia, and the 3 ...

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. ...

province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

Demographics

Population

Rudehen's municipality was founded in 1965. According to the 1976 National Census, the population of Rudehen and suburbs was 5,237, out of which 6.57% lived in the town and the remainder in the surrounding villages. Rudehen had a population of about 12,000 when the

Islamic Azad University The Islamic Azad University (IAU; , ''Dāneshgāh-e Āzād-e Eslāmi'') is a Private university, private university system Headquarters, headquartered in Tehran, Iran. It is one of the largest comprehensive systems of university, universities in ...

(IAU) was founded in 1983. They were mostly local, established families who, until the university development, comprised the village population. Local commuting patterns, housing, and job development increased dramatically with the establishment of the university. At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 19,535 in 5,693 households. The following census in 2011 counted 21,477 people in 6,627 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 28,533 people in 9,150 households.

Overview

Rudehen is just past the fork between Haraz and Firoozkooh roads. The

Alborz 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 ...

mountain range sits to the North. It is surrounded by mountains to the North, and Mt. Ghorch, Mt. Soori, and others to the South separating it from the central plateau of Iran. It is 1850 meters above the sea level and has a total area of 50 square kilometers. Imamzadeh Sultan Mutahhar is an historical mausoleum located in the ''Bumehen'' neighborhood, rebuilt in the 15th century and containing the tomb of the murdered son of Jafar as Sadiq, the 6th Shia

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. Before the construction of Tehran-Mazandaran Road, the area was called Damavand in historic reference. After the construction of the road in 1903, however, Rudehen was referred to as a place for rest midway of the road. As an example, in Matla-ol-shams written by Sani-al-doleh, it reads: "Rudehen is about 3 kilometers away from

Bumahen Bumahen () is a city in, and the capital of, Bumahen District of Pardis County, Tehran province, Iran. It was previously the administrative center for Siyahrud Rural District until its capital was transferred to the village of Tellow-e B ...

near the Ah river and is on the left side of the road. It has 15 families, all are immigrants from Urmieh". Sani-al-doleh in 1875 and British Oliver Darsi in 1830 both passed the road and mentioned the name of the villages which are now part of the town or the surrounding areas. In the eastern part, the village of Kreiton and Ana building complex are now part of Rudehen. The villages of Mehrabad and Golahak are being encroached upon by development accelerated by the construction of the Islamic Azad University.

Colleges and universities

*Islamic Azad University, Rudehen Branch *Islamic Azad University Rudehen Branch (RIAU) * Faculty of Agriculture, Islamic Azad University of Rudehen Faculty of English Language and Literature (FELL) in this university with 3000 students is said to be the largest one in the Middle East.

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