Tehran Province
Persian: استان تهران | |
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![]() Tehran has been Iran's capital since 1778 | |
![]() Counties of Tehran Province | |
![]() Location of Tehran Province within Iran | |
Coordinates: 35°32′N 51°31′E / 35.533°N 51.517°E[2] | |
Country | Iran |
Region | Region 1[1] |
Capital | Tehran |
Counties | 16 |
Government | |
• Governor-general | Alireza Fakhari |
• MPs of Assembly of Experts | 1 Abbas Ali Akhtari 2 Alireza Arafi 3 Ahmad Daneshzadeh Momen 4 Ahmad Jannati 5 Akbar Rafsanjanī 6 Ali Momen Poor 7 Mohammad-Ali Movahedi Kermani 8 Ebrahim Amini 9 Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghaddam 10 Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi 11 Hassan Rouhani 12 Hossein Ali Saadi 13 Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri 14 Mohammed Emami-Kashani 15 Mohammad Hassan Zali 16 Mohammad Reyshahri 17 Mohsen Esmaeili 18 Mohsen Qomi 19 Nasrallah Shah-Abadi 20 Seyed Abolfazel Mir Mohammadi 21 Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani 22 Mahmoud Alavi |
Area | |
• Total | 18,814 km2 (7,264 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[4] | |
• Total | 13,267,637 |
• Estimate (2020) | 13,973,000[3] |
• Density | 710/km2 (1,800/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
ISO 3166 code | IR-23 |
Main language(s) | Persian |
HDI (2018) | 0.834[5] very high · 1st |
Tehran province (Persian: استان تهران)[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Tehran.[6]
Tehran province covers an area of 18,814 square kilometres (7,264 sq mi) and is located to the north of the central plateau of Iran. It was made a part of the First Region with its secretariat located in Tehran, upon the division of the provinces into 5 regions, solely for coordination and development purposes on June 22, 2014.[1]
The province of Tehran has over 12 million inhabitants and is Iran's most densely populated region. Approximately 86.5 percent reside in urban areas and 13.5 percent in rural areas of the province.[7]
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