163:
1715:
150:
25:
170:
231:
497:
473:
Tehran City includes 22 districts, two of them fully and one partially are located outside of Tehran County. The city's area is about 730 km. The extension of the city to other counties began in 1973 to include the villages surrounding the city of
444:
As of 2012, Greater Tehran had a population of close to 14 million residents. The 2016 census had the population at 13.3 million in Tehran
Province (only 200 thousands of them outside Tehran and the suburban counties) and 2.2 million in
453:
combined. So it can be estimated that the population of the urban agglomeration was about 15 million people in 2016, and it is sinking 25 cm per year because of the accelerated influx and the overuse of natural resources.
464:
Tehran
Province (area 18,814 km, population 13.27 m – 2016). Part of the province is too far from Tehran and has too low a population density to be classified as the part of agglomeration
1369:
777:
1341:
Zebardast, E. (2006). Marginalization of the urban poor and the expansion of the spontaneous settlements on the Tehran metropolitan fringe. Cities, 23(6), 439-454.
603:
558:
1074:
1144:
1137:
1053:
1027:
999:
883:
869:
1362:
943:
936:
919:
854:
849:
770:
697:
577:
536:
1756:
1130:
1111:
950:
808:
692:
596:
1067:
957:
610:
1046:
1123:
1106:
1034:
1013:
1328:
1355:
1060:
1006:
924:
909:
895:
876:
786:
719:
622:
529:
162:
985:
971:
830:
712:
522:
191:
978:
914:
902:
825:
707:
820:
745:
687:
457:
Since the 1960s, much of
Greater Tehran's growth has been caused by an influx of urban poor into informal settlements on the fringe.
1790:
1081:
760:
1749:
89:
1668:
61:
1775:
1543:
478:(Evin, Darakeh, Niyavaran, Rostan Abad, Gholhak, Zargandeh, Elahiyeh, Davoudiyeh, and Zarrabkhaneh) and the cities of
68:
108:
1742:
1409:
42:
1313:
75:
369:
46:
1653:
1678:
1663:
1780:
1625:
57:
1486:
470:(area 1,300 km, population 8.85 million (2016) with 97.5% of the population living in Tehran City itself)
1683:
1471:
1423:
1688:
1605:
1461:
1404:
1496:
393:
223:
1610:
35:
1347:
1293:
Metro population: Estimate on base of census data, includes central part of Tehran province and
1643:
1595:
1379:
82:
1506:
1466:
8:
1519:
1448:
1428:
615:
1730:
1438:
1399:
1227:
1191:
859:
385:
1533:
1215:
1183:
1175:
1170:
There is no exact definition of Tehran agglomeration borders and composition. Beside
964:
354:
243:
1223:
1179:
1091:
755:
1785:
1722:
1329:"This City of 15 Million People is Sinking Rapidly, and It Could be Irreversible"
1302:
1276:
1268:
1231:
1199:
1187:
791:
726:
682:
589:
570:
430:
426:
248:
1726:
1195:
288:
267:
1769:
1481:
1443:
1288:
1211:
1207:
1171:
888:
837:
467:
206:
193:
1714:
149:
1524:
1294:
1248:
1243:
1219:
842:
515:
501:
1572:
1203:
1156:
813:
801:
731:
652:
1548:
738:
647:
632:
551:
418:
381:
341:
282:
486:
to which “Kooye Siman” had been annexed during the years 1956 to 1966.
1615:
1590:
1414:
1151:
1101:
1096:
1086:
1020:
992:
677:
508:
483:
434:
376:
255:
169:
24:
1673:
1630:
1600:
1568:
1558:
1528:
1501:
1433:
931:
584:
438:
1658:
1538:
1491:
1476:
1377:
1118:
765:
750:
672:
662:
657:
642:
546:
475:
1620:
1563:
1418:
1298:
702:
667:
637:
541:
450:
422:
260:
496:
1648:
1553:
864:
796:
627:
565:
479:
446:
276:
359:
346:
236:
460:
Greater Tehran should not be confused with the following:
406:
49:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
1291:. ~97.5% of county population live in Tehran city
1767:
1234:can be regarded as parts of the agglomeration.
433:, that covers the contiguous cities of Tehran,
322:1,200 to 1,980 m (3,900 to 6,470 ft)
1750:
1363:
131:
176:Greater Tehran Metropolitan Area and Suburbs
128:Greater Tehran Metropolitan Area and Suburbs
1757:
1743:
1370:
1356:
141:Tehran-Karaj-Eslamshahr Metropolitan Area
109:Learn how and when to remove this message
1267:Approximate estimate. Includes ~40% of
1768:
1351:
314:9,500 km (3,700 sq mi)
1709:
425:that covers the central part of the
366: • Population Rank in Iran
47:adding citations to reliable sources
18:
143:ناحیهی کلانشهری تهران-کرج-اسلامشهر
132:
13:
14:
1802:
306:730 km (280 sq mi)
1713:
495:
415:Greater Tehran Metropolitan Area
229:
168:
161:
148:
23:
1791:Tehran province geography stubs
34:needs additional citations for
1335:
1321:
1307:
1281:
1261:
1:
1254:
1729:. You can help Knowledge by
1218:in Tehran Province and also
490:
7:
1287:Urban population: Data for
1237:
335:1,600/km (4,000/sq mi)
10:
1807:
1776:Metropolitan areas of Iran
1708:
1386:
1380:most-populous urban areas
494:
402:
392:
375:
365:
352:
339:
331:
326:
318:
310:
302:
297:
266:
254:
242:
222:
187:
156:
147:
140:
133:کلانشهر تهران بزرگ و حومه
126:
16:Metropolitan area in Iran
1641:
1583:
1517:
1459:
429:and eastern part of the
1725:location article is a
207:35.69611°N 51.42306°E
121:Place in Tehran, Iran
332: • Density
43:improve this article
1781:Geography of Tehran
441:, and other areas.
419:urban agglomeration
203: /
1392:
1315:PopulationData.net
1228:Savojbolagh County
1222:and probably even
1192:Robat-Karim County
311: • Metro
303: • Urban
212:35.69611; 51.42306
1738:
1737:
1703:
1702:
1698:
1697:
1271:area and ~2000 km
1216:Baharestan County
1184:Eslamshahr County
1176:Shemiranat County
412:
411:
119:
118:
111:
93:
1798:
1759:
1752:
1745:
1717:
1710:
1549:Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto
1544:Ho Chi Minh City
1389:
1388:
1372:
1365:
1358:
1349:
1348:
1342:
1339:
1333:
1332:
1325:
1319:
1311:
1305:
1285:
1279:
1265:
1224:Nazarabad County
499:
361:
348:
268:Satellite cities
235:
233:
232:
218:
217:
215:
214:
213:
208:
204:
201:
200:
199:
196:
172:
171:
165:
152:
135:
134:
124:
123:
114:
107:
103:
100:
94:
92:
58:"Greater Tehran"
51:
27:
19:
1806:
1805:
1801:
1800:
1799:
1797:
1796:
1795:
1766:
1765:
1764:
1763:
1723:Tehran province
1706:
1704:
1699:
1694:
1693:
1636:
1635:
1578:
1577:
1512:
1511:
1454:
1453:
1382:
1376:
1346:
1345:
1340:
1336:
1327:
1326:
1322:
1312:
1308:
1303:Alborz province
1292:
1286:
1282:
1277:Alborz Province
1274:
1269:Tehran Province
1266:
1262:
1257:
1240:
1232:Alborz Province
1200:Shahriar County
1188:Pakdasht County
1167:
1165:
1164:
1161:
1158:
1154:
1149:
1146:
1142:
1139:
1135:
1132:
1128:
1125:
1121:
1116:
1113:
1109:
1104:
1099:
1094:
1089:
1084:
1079:
1076:
1072:
1069:
1065:
1062:
1058:
1055:
1051:
1048:
1044:
1042:
1039:
1036:
1032:
1029:
1025:
1022:
1018:
1015:
1011:
1008:
1004:
1001:
997:
994:
990:
987:
983:
980:
976:
973:
969:
966:
962:
959:
955:
952:
948:
945:
941:
938:
934:
929:
926:
922:
917:
912:
907:
904:
900:
897:
893:
890:
886:
881:
878:
874:
871:
867:
862:
857:
852:
847:
844:
840:
835:
832:
828:
823:
818:
815:
811:
806:
803:
799:
794:
789:
784:
781:
779:
775:
772:
768:
763:
758:
753:
748:
743:
740:
736:
733:
729:
724:
721:
717:
714:
710:
705:
700:
695:
690:
685:
680:
675:
670:
665:
660:
655:
650:
645:
640:
635:
630:
625:
620:
617:
613:
608:
605:
601:
598:
594:
591:
587:
582:
579:
575:
572:
568:
563:
560:
556:
553:
549:
544:
539:
534:
531:
527:
524:
520:
517:
513:
510:
506:
503:
493:
431:Alborz Province
427:Tehran Province
293:
230:
228:
211:
209:
205:
202:
197:
194:
192:
190:
189:
183:
182:
181:
180:
179:
178:
177:
173:
142:
136:
129:
122:
115:
104:
98:
95:
52:
50:
40:
28:
17:
12:
11:
5:
1804:
1794:
1793:
1788:
1783:
1778:
1762:
1761:
1754:
1747:
1739:
1736:
1735:
1718:
1701:
1700:
1696:
1695:
1692:
1691:
1686:
1681:
1676:
1671:
1666:
1661:
1656:
1651:
1646:
1640:
1639:
1637:
1634:
1633:
1628:
1623:
1618:
1613:
1608:
1603:
1598:
1596:Rio de Janeiro
1593:
1588:
1582:
1581:
1579:
1576:
1575:
1566:
1561:
1556:
1551:
1546:
1541:
1536:
1531:
1522:
1516:
1515:
1513:
1510:
1509:
1504:
1499:
1494:
1489:
1484:
1479:
1474:
1469:
1464:
1458:
1457:
1455:
1452:
1451:
1446:
1441:
1436:
1431:
1426:
1421:
1412:
1407:
1402:
1396:
1395:
1393:
1387:
1384:
1383:
1375:
1374:
1367:
1360:
1352:
1344:
1343:
1334:
1320:
1306:
1280:
1272:
1259:
1258:
1256:
1253:
1252:
1251:
1246:
1239:
1236:
1196:Varamin County
1162:
1155:
1150:
1143:
1136:
1129:
1122:
1117:
1110:
1105:
1100:
1095:
1090:
1085:
1080:
1073:
1066:
1059:
1052:
1045:
1040:
1033:
1026:
1019:
1012:
1005:
998:
991:
984:
977:
970:
963:
956:
949:
942:
935:
930:
923:
918:
913:
908:
901:
894:
887:
882:
875:
868:
863:
858:
853:
848:
841:
836:
829:
824:
819:
812:
807:
800:
795:
790:
785:
776:
769:
764:
759:
754:
749:
744:
737:
730:
725:
718:
711:
706:
701:
696:
691:
686:
681:
676:
671:
666:
661:
656:
651:
646:
641:
636:
631:
626:
621:
614:
609:
602:
595:
588:
583:
576:
569:
564:
557:
550:
545:
540:
535:
528:
521:
514:
507:
500:
492:
489:
488:
487:
471:
465:
410:
409:
404:
400:
399:
396:
390:
389:
379:
373:
372:
367:
363:
362:
357:
350:
349:
344:
337:
336:
333:
329:
328:
324:
323:
320:
316:
315:
312:
308:
307:
304:
300:
299:
295:
294:
292:
291:
285:
279:
272:
270:
264:
263:
258:
252:
251:
246:
240:
239:
226:
220:
219:
185:
184:
175:
174:
167:
166:
160:
159:
158:
157:
154:
153:
145:
144:
138:
137:
130:
127:
120:
117:
116:
99:September 2014
31:
29:
22:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1803:
1792:
1789:
1787:
1784:
1782:
1779:
1777:
1774:
1773:
1771:
1760:
1755:
1753:
1748:
1746:
1741:
1740:
1734:
1732:
1728:
1724:
1719:
1716:
1712:
1711:
1707:
1690:
1687:
1685:
1682:
1680:
1677:
1675:
1672:
1670:
1667:
1665:
1662:
1660:
1657:
1655:
1652:
1650:
1647:
1645:
1642:
1638:
1632:
1629:
1627:
1624:
1622:
1619:
1617:
1614:
1612:
1609:
1607:
1604:
1602:
1599:
1597:
1594:
1592:
1589:
1587:
1584:
1580:
1574:
1570:
1567:
1565:
1562:
1560:
1557:
1555:
1552:
1550:
1547:
1545:
1542:
1540:
1537:
1535:
1532:
1530:
1526:
1523:
1521:
1518:
1514:
1508:
1505:
1503:
1500:
1498:
1495:
1493:
1490:
1488:
1485:
1483:
1480:
1478:
1475:
1473:
1470:
1468:
1465:
1463:
1460:
1456:
1450:
1447:
1445:
1442:
1440:
1437:
1435:
1432:
1430:
1427:
1425:
1422:
1420:
1416:
1413:
1411:
1408:
1406:
1403:
1401:
1398:
1397:
1394:
1391:
1390:
1385:
1381:
1373:
1368:
1366:
1361:
1359:
1354:
1353:
1350:
1338:
1330:
1324:
1318:
1316:
1310:
1304:
1300:
1296:
1290:
1289:Tehran County
1284:
1278:
1270:
1264:
1260:
1250:
1247:
1245:
1242:
1241:
1235:
1233:
1229:
1225:
1221:
1217:
1213:
1212:Pishva County
1209:
1208:Malard County
1205:
1201:
1197:
1193:
1189:
1185:
1181:
1177:
1173:
1172:Tehran County
1168:
1160:
1153:
1148:
1141:
1134:
1127:
1120:
1115:
1108:
1103:
1098:
1093:
1088:
1083:
1078:
1071:
1064:
1057:
1050:
1038:
1031:
1024:
1017:
1010:
1003:
996:
989:
982:
975:
968:
961:
954:
947:
940:
933:
928:
921:
916:
911:
906:
899:
892:
885:
880:
873:
866:
861:
856:
851:
846:
839:
834:
827:
822:
817:
810:
805:
798:
793:
788:
783:
774:
767:
762:
757:
752:
747:
742:
735:
728:
723:
716:
709:
704:
699:
694:
689:
684:
679:
674:
669:
664:
659:
654:
649:
644:
639:
634:
629:
624:
619:
612:
607:
600:
593:
586:
581:
574:
567:
562:
555:
548:
543:
538:
533:
526:
519:
512:
505:
498:
485:
481:
477:
472:
469:
468:Tehran County
466:
463:
462:
461:
458:
455:
452:
448:
442:
440:
436:
432:
428:
424:
420:
416:
408:
405:
401:
397:
395:
391:
387:
383:
380:
378:
374:
371:
368:
364:
358:
356:
353: •
351:
345:
343:
340: •
338:
334:
330:
325:
321:
317:
313:
309:
305:
301:
296:
290:
286:
284:
280:
278:
274:
273:
271:
269:
265:
262:
259:
257:
253:
250:
247:
245:
241:
238:
227:
225:
221:
216:
188:Coordinates:
186:
164:
155:
151:
146:
139:
125:
113:
110:
102:
91:
88:
84:
81:
77:
74:
70:
67:
63:
60: –
59:
55:
54:Find sources:
48:
44:
38:
37:
32:This article
30:
26:
21:
20:
1731:expanding it
1720:
1705:
1585:
1525:Johannesburg
1507:Buenos Aires
1337:
1323:
1314:
1309:
1295:Karaj County
1283:
1263:
1220:Karaj County
1169:
1166:
459:
456:
443:
414:
413:
105:
96:
86:
79:
72:
65:
53:
41:Please help
36:verification
33:
1573:Brazzaville
1520:Los Angeles
1449:Mexico City
1378:World's 50
1204:Qods County
1054:Javanmard-e
653:Za'faranieh
210: /
1770:Categories
1255:References
1180:Ray County
1077:Abdol-Azim
860:Baharestan
648:Ekhtiarieh
561:Jandarmeri
439:Shemirānāt
360:15,000,000
327:Population
283:Eslamshahr
198:51°25′23″E
195:35°41′46″N
69:newspapers
1664:Hyderabad
1616:Zhengzhou
1591:Chongqing
1534:Bangalore
1467:São Paulo
1415:Guangzhou
1163:Vardavard
1152:Tehransar
1145:Shahrak-e
1138:Shahrak-e
1112:Stadium-e
1107:Mas'udieh
1102:Afsariyeh
1097:Moshirieh
1087:Kianshahr
1030:Bokharaee
1000:Shahrak-e
937:Emamzadeh
915:Sar-Asyab
884:Esfahanak
870:Chaharsad
826:Dokhaniat
708:Zargandeh
678:Farmanieh
571:Shahrak-e
559:Shahrak-e
491:Geography
407:Tehran.ir
394:Area code
382:UTC+03:30
377:Time zone
347:8,846,782
319:Elevation
256:Core city
1684:Surabaya
1674:Hangzhou
1631:Dongguan
1569:Kinshasa
1559:Istanbul
1529:Pretoria
1502:Shenzhen
1472:New York
1434:Shanghai
1238:See also
1147:Rah-Ahan
1140:Cheshmeh
1133:Haj-Seyf
1092:Khavaran
1075:Hazrat-e
1070:Babaveyh
1047:Sizdah-e
1028:Khazaneh
1002:Vali-Asr
951:Khazaneh
932:Beryanak
920:Salsabil
855:Khorasan
850:Ferdowsi
821:Monirieh
782:Barnameh
780:Sazman-e
771:Bulvar-e
756:Pasdaran
746:Hakimieh
720:Shemiran
698:Samangan
688:Nobonyad
633:Davudieh
623:Mo'allem
599:Shemiran
585:Farahzad
580:Bakhtari
537:Arjantin
289:Damavand
244:Province
1689:Bandung
1659:Tianjin
1606:Chennai
1539:Chengdu
1492:Beijing
1487:Bangkok
1477:Karachi
1462:Kolkata
1405:Jakarta
1174:, also
1124:Peykan-
1119:Chitgar
1035:Yakhchi
879:Dastgah
872:Dastgah
809:Lashkar
792:Shahran
773:Ferdows
766:Ekbatan
751:Lavizan
727:Resalat
693:Sabalan
683:Darabad
673:Jamaran
663:Tajrish
658:Elahieh
643:Darrous
606:Hosseyn
590:Sa'adat
578:Punak-e
547:Tarasht
516:Youssef
476:Tajrish
421:around
417:is the
403:Website
224:Country
83:scholar
1786:Tehran
1679:Nagoya
1669:Taipei
1654:Bogotá
1626:London
1621:Luanda
1586:Tehran
1564:Lahore
1497:Moscow
1429:Manila
1424:Mumbai
1419:Foshan
1317:– Iran
1299:Fardis
1249:Ramsar
1244:Chalus
1214:, and
1159:Khodro
1131:Bagh-e
1126:-Shahr
1082:Bissim
1061:Dowlat
1056:Qassab
1014:Bagh-e
1007:Chahar
958:Ne'mat
953:Fallah
946:Morghi
944:Qal'eh
939:Hassan
927:Chenar
903:Tehran
898:Havayi
891:Tappeh
889:Dushan
843:Park-e
814:Sheykh
802:Jannat
732:Tehran
703:Narmak
668:Chizar
638:Qolhak
611:Gorgan
597:Pich-e
554:-shahr
542:Towhid
530:Behjat
523:Haft-e
502:Park-e
451:Fardis
423:Tehran
261:Tehran
249:Tehran
234:
85:
78:
71:
64:
56:
1721:This
1649:Wuhan
1611:Paris
1601:Xi'an
1554:Lagos
1482:Dhaka
1444:Cairo
1439:Seoul
1410:Delhi
1400:Tokyo
1301:from
1114:Azadi
1068:Ebn-e
1016:Azari
986:Tolid
974:Niruz
965:Abdol
865:Dulab
845:Shahr
838:Bazar
831:Khani
816:-Hadi
797:Punak
778:Kuy-e
761:Ozgol
741:Sefid
713:Shams
628:Vanak
616:Abbas
573:Gharb
566:Gisha
552:Arya-
504:Laleh
480:Vanak
447:Karaj
355:Metro
342:Urban
277:Karaj
90:JSTOR
76:books
1727:stub
1644:Lima
1297:and
1226:and
1157:Iran
1063:Abad
1049:Aban
1043:Abad
1037:Abad
1023:Abad
1021:Nazi
1009:Bari
995:Abad
993:Yaft
988:Daru
981:Abad
979:Shad
972:Hava
967:Abad
960:Abad
925:Haft
896:Niru
833:Abad
804:Abad
739:Khak
734:Pars
715:Abad
618:Abad
604:Emam
592:Abad
532:Abad
518:Abad
511:Abad
509:Amir
482:and
449:and
386:IRST
298:Area
237:Iran
62:news
1275:of
1230:in
1041:Ali
910:Jey
877:Sad
787:Kan
525:Tir
484:Rey
435:Ray
398:021
370:1st
45:by
1772::
1210:,
1206:,
1202:,
1198:,
1194:,
1190:,
1186:,
1182:,
1178:,
905:No
722:No
437:,
287:–
281:–
275:–
1758:e
1751:t
1744:v
1733:.
1571:–
1527:-
1417:–
1371:e
1364:t
1357:v
1331:.
1273:2
388:)
384:(
112:)
106:(
101:)
97:(
87:·
80:·
73:·
66:·
39:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
