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With a population of around 9.8 million in the city as of 2025, [8] and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and Western Asia, [9] the second-largest metropolitan area in the Middle East after Cairo, and the 24th most populous metropolitan area in the world.
Map of the Middle East between North Africa, Southern Europe, Central Asia, and Southern Asia Middle East map of Köppen climate classification. The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) [note 1] is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
All data are according to the maps from the Atlas of Tehran Metropolis by Tehran Geographic Information Center. A few exceptions apply though, like Qolhak instead of Araghi . If you move your mouse on the maps of the atlas, like this one on population density , the name of the neighborhood appears in the Location Info box in the bottom-right ...
Rank City Country Metropolitan Population City Population Image 1 Cairo Egypt 20,439,541: 9,500,000: 2 Tehran Iran 17,672,000: 9,134,000: 3 Istanbul Turkey 15,519,267
Debates on which countries should be included in the Middle East are wide-ranging. [52] The Greater Middle East and North Africa region can include the Caucasus, Cyprus, Afghanistan, and several sub-Saharan African states due to various social, religious and historic ties. The most commonly accepted countries in the MENA region are included on ...
Parts of northwestern Iran are part of the Armenian highlands, which adjoins it topographically with other parts of neighbouring Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. [4] Iran has only two expanses of lowlands: the Khuzestan Plain in the southwest and the Caspian Sea coastal plain in the north. The former is a roughly triangular-shaped ...
Nelson Mandela Boulevard in Tehran map (in black) Nelson Mandela Boulevard is located in the northern part of Tehran, the capital and largest city in Iran.. The tree-lined boulevard is connected to Valiasr Street (ex-"Pahlavi Avenue") via crossing streets branching from its west side while the east side leads to cul de sac bordering Modarres Expressway.
The current phase of the conflict began in 2011 when the Arab Spring sparked a revolutionary wave across the Middle East and North Africa, leading to revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen, and the outbreak of civil war in Libya and Syria. The Arab Spring in 2011 destabilized three major regional actors, Iraq, Syria and Egypt, creating a ...