District 22 (Tehran) Explained

District 22
Native Name:Mantaqe ye Bist-o-Dow (منطقه بیست و دو)
Native Name Lang:fa
Image Alt:Aerial photographs of District 22 Tehran
Coordinates:35.7492°N 51.1228°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Tehran Province
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Tehran County
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Ali Nozarpour
Area Total Ha:6030
Population Total:128,985
Parts Type:Region (ناحیه)

District 22 (Persian: منطقه ۲۲, also romanized as Mantaqe ye Bist-o-Dow), also known as Municipality of District 22, is one of 22 central districts of Tehran County in Tehran Province, Iran.

census, its population was 128,958, in 38,136 families.[1]

Municipality of District 22 has 4 regions and 9 quarters and provides services to the public and does its organizational tasks.[2] One of the neighborhoods in the district is known as the Olympic Village, which comprises the athletes village built for the 1974 Asian Games, held in Tehran.[3]

History

Prior to the 1979 Iranian revolution, the lands that make up District 22 were the property of the Farmanfarmaian and Firouzgar's families. The families had intended to develop the land as a new satellite suburb of Tehran and plans were drawn up by Abdol Aziz Farman-Farmaian and Associates (AFFA). Shortly after the revolution the lands were forcibly confiscated and distributed to various IRGC related bodies.[4] The development plans for the district as drawn up by Abol-Aziz Farmanfarmaian were also discarded.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: مشخصات جغرافیایی و اقلیمی شهرداری منطقه ۲۲. region22.tehran.ir. 2019-12-06. 2019-12-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20191201214317/http://region22.tehran.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=67. dead.
  2. Web site: About Municipality. region22.tehran.ir. 2019-12-06.
  3. Web site: 2017-08-28. تاریخچه محله. 2021-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20170828184741/http://dehkadeh-olampik.mytehran.ir/Default.aspx?tabid=56848. 2017-08-28.
  4. Web site: District 22 of Tehran Municipality. region22.tehran.ir. 2019-12-06.