Tehran the Capital

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I live in Tehran. Tehran is the capital city of the Islamic Repablic of Iran with a land area of 658 square kilometers. It is located in the northern part of the country at the bottom of the slope of the Alborz Mountains. It is surounded by other provinces such as Ghom, Ghazvin and Ostan-e markazi.

The location provides the city with a nice weather. All four seasons of a year can be seen in Tehran. It is cool in the spring, almost hot in the summer, rainy in the automn, and snowy in the winter.



The population (as of 2006) is 7,354,000. In the 20th century, Tehran faced a large number of migratories from all around Iran who are predominantly Persian today, More than 60 percent of Tehranis were born outside Tehran.Tehran population includs ethnic and religious minorities such as Azeris, Armenian, Assyrians, Kurds, Jews, Bahá'ís and Zoroastrians. About 99.9% of non-persian Tehranis are either bilingual in Persian or fluent speakers of it.

The predominant majority of Tehranis are the followers of Shia Islam and the minorities include the believers of different sects of sunni Islam, Zoroastrianisim, Bahai faith, Judaism, christianity. There are also small groups of Shiks, Hindus, Buddahists, Mandeans, Spiritualists, Atheists, Yazidis, Yarsan, Secular Muslims and the followers of Mystic Islam etc.



Tehran has a wealth of cultural attractions including palaces (Golestan Palace, Sadabad Palace, Niavaran Palace Complex, etc), museums (Reza Abbasi Museum, Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art,etc), castles and forts (Ghal'eh Dokhtar Tang Goseel near Karajfrom Seljuqi era, Iraj Fort in Varamin,etc), famous houses(Etehadiyeh House (Qajar era), Amir Bahador House (Qajar era), , archeological sites(, towers, libraries, bazzars,and shopping centers.

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