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Tehran (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 35 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 35.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 051 26 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 51.4333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Tehrān, the capital city of Îrān, is located on the southern slopes of the Elburz Mountains. South of Tehrān lay the ruins of its successor, the ancient city of Rayy, which was destroyed by the Mongols in 1220 CE. The remaining inhabitants of Rayy moved north to Tehrān, which may have been an early suburb from ca. 4th century CE. The city became prominent during the Qajar dynasty, and it was made the capital in 1788. Because of the oil and natural gas industry, Tehrān was rapidly modernized in the latter half of the 20th century. |
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| Tehrān (preferred,C,V,display,Persian-Farsi-P)
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| Teheran (C,V)
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| Tehran (C,V,English-P,U,N)
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............ | from Old Persan, meaning "warm place" |
| Téhéran (C,V)
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| טהראן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Ostān-e Tehrān (C,U,O,Persian-Farsi (transliterated)-P)
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| Ostān-e Tehrān (Persian-Farsi)
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| IR26 (C,U,FIPS)
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| تِهِرَن (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| اُستانِ تِهران (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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| Tihrān (H,V)
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Tehran (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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probably was village and suburb of ancient Rayy, population exploded with immigrants from Rayy in 13th century |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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since 1788 |
| provincial capital (C) |
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| administrative center (C) |
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| industrial center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| transportation center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| royal residence (C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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| historical region (C) |
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| first level subdivision (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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Iran .......... (nation) |
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(World, Asia) [7000231] |
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