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TEHRAN
With nearly 9 million inhabitants Tehran Province is Iran’s most densely populated province.The cities of Tehran, Ray who has been destroyed by Mongols on 1220, Damavand, Varamin, Karadj, and Shemiranat are in the province of Tehran. The metropolitan city of Tehran slopes of mountains of Shemiran and Damavand is the world-famous capital of the Islamic Republic of Iran.It has been Iran’s capital for only 200 years now. Tehran is a city of four seasons, with hot summers, freezing winters, and brief spring and autumn. The old historical monuments of Tehran date back to Qajar period. Some of them are:
The Golestan Palace and Museum, the Shamsolemareh Building, the Imam Khomeini Mosque, the Museum of Carpets with lots of valuable and old carpets, Anthropological Museum, National Iranian Museum containing both the pre-Islam and post-Islam parts, Abgineh or Glass Museum, and the complex of Sa’d Abad and Niavaran, beside a large number of other museums and attractions.
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