Facts about Tehran
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18
Aug
Tehran, is the capital of Iran, and one of the biggest cities in the world (in terms of population as well as surface area).
Here are a few facts that i did NOT know about my old home town:
- 280km of highways and 180 km of loops, ramps and exchanges! unparalleled in west asia.
- Excavatios at the site of Tehran, put earliest settlements in that region to around 6000 BC!
- Tehran has the longest metro line in the middle East after Tel Aviv, and 6th longest in Asia.
- Tehran has the MOST BUST STOPS of any city IN ASIA. (i didnt see that one coming)
- 27 people die PER DAY in Tehran, due to its bad air pollution.
- Maximum numbers of deaths in a month due to pollution: 3600!!!
- The Tehran Stock Exchange has been one of the world’s best performing exchanges in recent yeras
- There are nearly 50 universities and colleges in teh Greater Tehran Area.
- Tehran’s Azadi football stadium is the biggest in middle east, 3rd biggest in Asia, 4th biggest in the world (FIFA)
- 10 minutes drive from Tehran will get you to Tochal Ski resort, 5th highest ski resort in the world (3730 metres), and its highest 7th station.
- The Tehran Internation Book Fair is considered by the international publishing world to be the most important publishing event in Asia and Middle East
- Sister cities to Tehran include: New York City, LA, Toronto (yay), London, Beijing, Moscow and New Dehli (among others)
Cool. thank you wikipedia!
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6 Responses for "Facts about Tehran"
i ht this
thank you for these facts. I was doing a paper for my Utah studies class for a biography of my 5th grade teacher and I needed some facts for his old country. You helped me out, thank you!
this website was OK and a bit JEFFY!! But thanks for the facts!! Really helpful and i really enjoyed it.
Could include a few more facts but still it was good!
i will rate it 5/5 well done!!!!
Thanks,JEFF.
it wasn’t the best site it was terrible didnt like it.like my name is jeff did i will leave a rating at the end. could improve alot more on this website but it had a few happy sides to it. i really did learn a whole new facts so i suppose it was a good website so now i will rate it much higher. thanks makers of this website you really helped me to learn about this city/country. an really well done to the people who made it
10/10
thanks baby i love you.
this was the most terrible website of all TIME!! only joking. oh makers well well done done for making this website i was extremely impressed with this websit and i hope i will one day make a website as good as yours. especially thanks to this website because it made me pass my a levels and i was really impressed what i got……..I GOT AN A STAR!!!!!!!!!!!! well done!! i want more about tehran though.it would be amazing if you could include much more but i am happy with what i got. Thanks guys.
especially thanks to this website because it made me pass my a levels and i was really impressed what i got……..I GOT AN A STAR!!!!!!!!!!!! well done!! i want more about tehran though.it would be amazing if you could include much more but i am happy with what i got. Thanks guys.
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