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Iran (Persia) has had numerous capital cities and royal centers throughout its history. Ahar; Pishkinid dynasty. Anshan; pre- Achaemenid era. Ardabil; early Safavid era, Sajid. Asaak; Parthian era royal center. Astara; Ispahbads of Gilan. Alamut Castle; Nizari Ismaili state.
Persepolis was the capital of the Persian kingdom. Alexander described it to the Macedonians as the most hateful of the cities of Asia, and gave it over to his soldiers to plunder, all but the palaces. (2) It was the richest city under the sun, and the private houses had been furnished with every sort of wealth over the years.
Tehran, with a population of 8.7 million (2016 census), is the largest city in Iran and is the nation's capital. Tehran is home to around 11% of Iran's population. It is the hub of the country's communication and transport networks. [3] Mashhad, with a population of 4.2 million (as of 2019), is the second-largest Iranian city and the centre of ...
Provinces of Iran. Iran is subdivided into thirty-one provinces (Persian: استان ostân), each governed from a local centre, usually the largest local city, which is called the capital (Persian: مرکز, markaz) of that province. The provincial authority is headed by a governor-general (Persian: استاندار ostândâr), who is ...
This is a list of cities in Iran, categorized by province. The census years listed below comes from the Statistical Center of Iran; [1] [2] since the year 2006 the country of Iran has had a census every 5 years. The cities that are bold are capitals of provinces, counties & districts. Iran has 31 provinces and 1245 cities.
Ecbatana[a] (/ ɛkˈbætənə /) was an ancient city, the capital of the Median kingdom, and the first capital in Iranian history. It later became the summer capital of the Achaemenid and Parthian empires. [2] It was also an important city during the Seleucid and Sasanian empires.
Administrative divisions of Iran. The first level of country subdivisions of Iran are the provinces (Persian: استانها; ostānhā). Each province is further subdivided into counties called shahrestan (Persian: شهرستان, romanized: shahrestān), and each county (or shahrestan) is subdivided into districts called bakhsh (Persian ...
Fars province (Persian: استان فارس; / fɑːrs /) [a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Shiraz. [11] The province has an area of 122,400 km 2 and is located in Iran's southwest, in Region 2. [12] Fars neighbours the provinces of Bushehr to the west; Hormozgan to the south; Kerman and Yazd to the east ...