To understand how many people are in the iranian capital at any point one needs to split the city into daytime and nighttime populations. Aug 07, 2015 irans jewish community gets behind nuclear deal with u. Statistical center of iran population and housing censuses. It has a large land territory and is centrally located in eurasia and western asia. Tehran, an inland city, grew prosperous and populous because of plentiful springs in the alborz mountains, which form its snowy backdrop to.
Iran s capital, tehran, is a vast megacity of 15 million people, dwarfed my the majestic alborz mountain range to its north. Cities the population of all cities in tehran tehran province by census years. This city is capital of iran and over 20% of iran population liveing in this city. No fundamental change occurred in the economy of iran during world war ii 193945 and the years immediately following. It lies between the northern mountains of alborz and the central desert. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. However, in the last few decades, massive increase in population and physical growth have led to expansion of the city into orchards and. Municipal districts the population of the municipal districts of the tehran city by census years. Its a surprisingly welcoming place too, and as can be said about iran as a whole, it destroys all manner of preconceptions. It is ranked 29th in the world by the population of its metropolitan area. Irans jewish community gets behind nuclear deal with u. Alamut the legendary region of alamut in iran offers a breathtaking scenery to the visitors, specially in spring and summer.
The united nations predicts that by 2030 80% of the population will live in urban areas. The centrality of tehran in iranian sociopolitical life. It is the most famous city in iran and the economic center of iran. Tehran s two revolutions have not only shaken the city but have drawn the fault lines between east and west. Tehran is the most important and largest city in iran, which is 7000 years old. The largest city in tehran, which has a population that exceeds 7 million. Most internal migrants have settled near the cities of tehran, isfahan, ahvaz. It has a wide array of neighbors including turkmenistan.
As the national capital it is the most populated city in iran and the center of cultural, economical, political and social activities. Tehran city about tehran climate of tehran attractions. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a countrys population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. On this page you can find past, current and future population statistics for iran from 19502100, population map, demographics, live population counter etc. At the 2006 census, its population was 73,823, in 19,572 families. For 3,000 years jews have been living in iran but tensions between iran and israel have in the past inflamed. Mashhad, in the northeast, is the second largest city in iran 3. The icon links to further information about a selected place including its population structure gender. Iran is home to the largest population of jews in the middle east outside of israel. Once held to be one of the capitals of the luxurious orient the home of the peacock throne the city is now a giant metropolis with great influence across the muslim world.
The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. With a population of around 9 million in the city and 16 million in the wider metropolitan area,3 tehran. Furthermore, rates of population growth differed across the. Parallels iran s jewish population has dropped dramatically since the 1979 islamic revolution. Tehran beautiful relaxing north tehran darband part 12. Iran is situated between the middle east and asia and has a history of. In this photo released by the official website of the office of the iranian presidency, cabinet members wearing face masks and gloves attend their meeting in tehran, iran. Tehran city tour iran what to do and what not to do. Tehran, irans capital, is one of the most beautiful megacities in western asia. Sunni muslims are the second largest religious group. Neighboring countries and the world have been skeptical of iran s nuclear program for the. It is the hub of the countrys communication and transport networks. From 1950 to 2002, the urban proportion of the population increased from 27% to 60%. For many years, the place to buy books was mainly limited to the traditional bookshops opposite tehran university.
Mideasts largest jewish population outside israel finds. Chadordraped policewomen abseiling off a building, marching with bayonets or pointing machine guns out of a car, are all photos from a new book by young iranians about social change in iran. Tehran which today ranks among the large cities of the world, is historically a newcomer among iran s ancient cities. It governs a jewish population of between 10,000 and 25,000. It is one of the most strategic and crowded metropolis of the country that has traffic all the time. The dominant religious group in iran is the shia muslims. With a population of around 9 million in the city and 16 million in the wider metropolitan area, tehran is the most populous city in iran and western asia, and the secondlargest metropolitan area in the middle east.
Gradually more sprang up throughout the city, many of them concentrated in the main streets of the important neighborhoods of the city. In southwestern iran, roughly 650 km 400 mi south of the capital city of tehran, and some 70 km 40 mi northeast of shiraz, a cultivated plain gives way to the zagros mountains. The oldest record mentioning tehran, is the book of tarikhe baghdad baghdads history, written in 14 volumes by, abubakr ahmadibn aliibn sabet, also known as khatibe baghdadi. Iran is an islamic state where close to 98% of the population identifies as being muslim. The city of tehran not to be confused with the larger, tehran metropolitan had a population of approximately 8,293,140 in 2011 and the tehran province has a 12,183,391 population. Our man in tehran after more than a decade reporting from iran, thomas erdbrink, the tehran bureau chief for the new york times, says hes slowly starting to understand the country. Iran facts on largest cities, populations, symbols.
The latest branch of the chain of bookshops called the book city was recently opened in tehran. What started the biggest population boom in history. Hence, the city of tehrans share of the total provinces population dropped from 85% in 1976 to 50% in 2006. Tehran, capital city of iran at the foot of the elburz mountain range. Its second largest city, masshad, has over 2 million inhabitants, falling far behind tehran but still large when compared to other cities across the country and the entire world. Mar 12, 2015 tehran, iran cnn its not often that a cnn crew gets to take a road trip through iran, so we decided to take the scenic route on our journey from tehran to esfahan in the center of the.
A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a countrys population and may provide. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of disability in the communitydwelling older adults living in tehran, iran. Most buildings were built after the mid1960s, and the populations mean age is about 31. The icon links to further information about a selected division including its population structure gender. Social change in tehran focus of london premiere reuters. Tehran is one of the most ethnically diverse cities in asia. Tehran located in the south of alborz mountain and it have many momorial places. Tehran, iran tapo, one of six kosher restaurants in tehran, has become an informal hangout for the citys. Darband was formerly a village close to tajrish, shemiran, and is now a neighbourhood inside tehran s city limits. Tehran is the largest city, the administrative capital and the main commercial centre. The nations constitution is largely based on islamic law.
Its population is estimated at 14 million people during the day and about10 million at night. Tehran s 2020 population is now estimated at 9,4,708. There is a large population of other iranian ethnicity living in tehran such as azerbaijanis, armenians, lurs, and kurds. Iran also has four additional cities that have recorded populations of over one million. Iran october 2015 tehranesfahanyazdshirazpersepolis.
This is the first book dedicated to the city of tehran. The population of the city of tehran has been steadily growing over the last few decades and is now around 8. The capital of iran is tehran, and most of the countrys population lives in or close to urban areas. Tehran and beyond by matthew stevenson 04202015 with iranianamerican nuclear relations back on the front burner make that front and center i was able to secure a visa and travel counterclockwise by train around iran, covering more than a thousand miles. Middle east iran the world factbook central intelligence. Iran has one of the highest urban population growth rates in the world. With a population of more than 15 million people, its snuggled up on the slopes of alborz mountain range which itself includes mount damavand, the highest mountain in the middle east. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of tehran, iran this is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. It is the beginning of a very popular hiking trail into the mount tochal, which. However, between 1954 and 1960 a rapid increase in oil revenues and sustained foreign aid led to greater investment and fastpaced economic growth, primarily in the government sector. When you also factor in the citys museums and restaurants, no trip to the country would be complete without time here. At the transition between flat land and rugged mountain, at the base of kuhirahmat, or mountain of mercy, lies persepolis. Urban parks and their accessibility in tehran, iran environmental.
Population data and boundaries were taken from statistics canada, available. The largest city by population using the metropolitan area definition, which is a loose term referring to urban area and its primary commuter areas, is tokyo, japan. Statistical center of iran iran at a glance tehran. Prevalence of disability in iranian older adults in tehran. The largest city by population using the city proper definition, which is the area under the administrative boundaries of a local government, is chongqing, china. Iran, once persia, is a major player in the middle east. Tehran has grown by 579,619 since 2015, which represents a 1. Tehran city is the capital of iran since the late eighteenth century. The citys growth rate peaked between the mid1950s and 60s. According to 2015 population estimates, approximately 73.
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