Tehran (irn)

Tehran

Tehran ranks 62nd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Zagreb, Baltimore, and Atlanta. Memorable people born in Tehran include Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Farah Pahlavi, and Bahá'u'lláh. Memorable people who died in Tehran include Ruhollah Khomeini, Mohammad Mosaddegh, and Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. Tehran has been the birth place of many politicians, and soccer players and the death place of many politicians, and writers. Tehran is located in Iran.

Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran and also the largest city in Tehran Province. It also serves as the capital of the province, county and the Central District. With a population of around 9 million and 400 thousand in the city and around 16 million and 800 thousand in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, The Greater Tehran contains Towns example "New Town of Andisheh", "Islam Shahr", "Shahreh Qods", "Shahryar", "Pakdasht", "Firooz Kooh" and "Shamiran". Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, and has the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East, after Cairo. It is ranked 24th in the world by metropolitan area population. Read more on Wikipedia