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Tehran

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Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran, and also the capital of Tehran province and the administrative center for Tehran County. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Population
8,693,706 1
2016 census figure.
Area (sq km)
750 1
City-proper (urban) figure from the infobox; the metro-area figure in the same infobox is 2,235 km2.
Founding Year
1794 2
Population Estimate Year
2016 1
Elevation (m)
1179 2
Latitude
35.6889 degrees north 1
Longitude
51.3897 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Highland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+03:30 3
Connections

Associated With

Iran, Countries

Tehran is Iran's capital.

Source Tehran (Wikipedia)
Tehran Province, States or Territories

tehran is associated with tehran-province.

Source Tehran Province (Wikipedia)

Capital Of

Iran, Countries

Tehran is Iran's capital.

Source Tehran (Wikipedia)
Tehran Province, States or Territories

tehran is the capital of tehran-province.

Source Tehran Province (Wikipedia)
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Origin Of

Massoud Arabshahi

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University of Tehran

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Source University of Tehran (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran

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Azad News Agency

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Didban Iran

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Entekhab

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Fararu

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Fars News Agency

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Filimo

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Iran Aviation Industries Organization

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Source Iran Aviation Industries Organization (Wikipedia)Infobox: hq_location
Quote, Infobox: hq_location
Tehran, Iran
Iran Book News Agency

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Iran Combine Manufacturing Company

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Iranian Labour News Agency

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Islamic Consultative Assembly News Agency

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Islamic Republic News Agency

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Islamic Republic of Iran Railways

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KhabarOnline

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Mashregh News

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Namava

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Nour News

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Pars Khodro

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Source Wikipedia: Pars KhodroInfobox: hq_locationtier 2
Quote, Infobox: hq_location
Tehran, Iran
Snapp!

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Student News Network

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Tabnak

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Seyyed Hossein Nasr

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Quote, Article text
He returned to his homeland in 1958, turning down teaching positions at MIT and Harvard, and was appointed a professor of philosophy and Islamic sciences at Tehran University.
Zartosht Bahram-e Pazhdo

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Source Zartosht Bahram-e Pazhdo (Wikipedia)Article text
Quote, Article text
Thus the poets ancestors came from Khwaf in Khorasan and he must have settled in Shahr-i-Rayy, which is now a suburb of modern Tehran.
University of Tehran

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Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
The University of Tehran (UT) (Persian: دانشگاه تهران, Dâneshgâh-e Tehrân) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran.
Supreme Court of Iran

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University of Tehran

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Source University of Tehran (Wikipedia)Lead
Quote, Lead
The University of Tehran (UT) (Persian: دانشگاه تهران, Dâneshgâh-e Tehrân) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran.
Sources
1. Tehran (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section, first sentence
    Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran.
  • Infobox: population_total
    8,693,706
  • Infobox: population_as_of
    2016
  • Infobox coordinates
    51.3897
  • Infobox, area_urban_km2
    750 km2 (290 sq mi)
  • Associated With: Iran, Lead section
  • Capital Of: Iran, Lead section, capital fact
    Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran.
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2. Tehran (Wikidata)
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 1179 m
  • P571 (inception)
    inception 1794
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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3. GeoNames: Tehran - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 112931
    35.69439 51.42151 P PPLC IR 26 7153309 1178 Asia/Tehran
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 1178 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.75, 51.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 35.75, 51.25
35.75 51.25 Csa
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Tehran Province (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
Quote, Lead section
Its capital is the city of Tehran, the national capital of Iran.
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Wikidata: Tehran
Wikidata Q3616, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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