Tehran province
Tehran province (Persian: استان تهران Ostān-e Tehrān) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It covers an area of 18,814 square kilometres (7,264 sq mi) and is located to the north of the central plateau of Iran.
Tehran province
استان تهران | |
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From top left: Azadi Tower, Rudbar-e Qasran Road, Former building of Parliament of Iran, Tangeh Vashi, Tehran skyline view from top of Milad Tower, Jameh Mosque in Varamin, and Tughrul Tower in Rey | |
Counties of Tehran province | |
Location of Tehran province in Iran | |
| Coordinates: 35.7117°N 51.4070°E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Region | Region 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) | |
| • Total | 13,267,637 |
| • Estimate (2020) | 13,973,000 |
| • 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 very high · 1st |
At the time of the National Census of 2006, the province had a population of 13,281,858 in 3,729,010 households. The following census in 2011 counted 12,183,391 people in 3,731,480 households, by which time Karaj, Nazarabad, and Savojbolagh Counties had been separated from the province to become Alborz province. The province 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. According to the latest census in 2016, the population of the province had increased to 13,267,637 in 4,288,563 households.
Tehran province borders Mazandaran province in the north, Qom province in the south, Semnan province in the east, Alborz province in the west and Markazi province in the southwest. The metropolis of Tehran is the capital city of the province and of Iran.
Tehran province is the richest in Iran, as it contributes approximately 29% of the country's gross domestic product (GDP). Furthermore, it houses approximately 18% of the country's population and is the most industrialized province in Iran, with nearly 94% of its residents living in the cities as of 2016.
The province gained importance when Tehran was proclaimed the capital by the Qajar dynasty in 1778. Today, Tehran, with a population of 8 million, is ranked amongst the 40 most populous metropolitan cities of the world.