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![Hierarchy of Tehrān (province)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Tehrān (province) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 35 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.6667 decimal degrees |
Long: 051 25 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 51.4160 decimal degrees |
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Note: Tehrān province is surrounded by the Semnān, Markazī, Māzandarān, and Zanjān provinces. The present-day city of Tehrān was originally the home to the Iranian capital of Rayy, which the Mongols destroyed in 1220. Tehrān officially became the capital in 1788. |
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Tehrān (preferred,C,V)
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Tehrān, Ostān-e (C,V)
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Ostān-e Tehrān (C,V)
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Tehrān province (C,O)
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اُستانِ تِهران (C,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Iran (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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province (preferred, C) |
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first level subdivision (C) |
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royal residence (C) |
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