Central District (Tehran County)
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The Central District of Tehran County is a district (bakhsh
) in Tehran County
, Tehran Province
, Iran
. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,796,431, in 2,291,668 families. The District has three cities: Tehran
, Bumahen
, and Pardis
.
Bakhsh
A bakhsh is a type of administrative division of Iran. While sometimes translated as county, it is more accurately translated as district, as they are similar to a township in the United States or a district of England....
) in Tehran County
Tehran County
Tehran County is a county in Tehran Province in Iran. The capital of the county is Tehran. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 7,882,843, in 2,313,002 families. The county is subdivided into three districts: the Central District, Kan District, and Aftab District...
, Tehran Province
Tehran Province
Tehran Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It covers on area of 18,909 square kilometers and is located to the north of the central plateau of Iran....
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
. At the 2006 census, its population was 7,796,431, in 2,291,668 families. The District has three cities: Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, Bumahen
Bumahen
Bumahen is a city in the Central District of Tehran County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 43,004, in 11,667 families....
, and Pardis
Pardis
Pardis , meaning "New City of Pardis") is a city in the Central District of Tehran County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 25,360, in 7,228 families.Pardis is a new planned city that has absorbed over 9,775 inhabitants in 2001...
.