Golestan, Tehran Explained

Official Name:Golestan
Native Name:Persian: گلستان
Settlement Type:City
Pushpin Map:Iran
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Iran
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Tehran
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Baharestan
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Golestan
Population As Of:2016
Population Total:239556
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:IRST
Utc Offset:+3:30
Coordinates Footnotes:[1]

Golestan (Persian: گلستان) is a city in, and the capital of, Golestan District of Baharestan County, Tehran province, Iran, and also serves, with Nasimshahr, as one of the two capitals of the county.[2]

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 231,882 in 57,216 households, when it was in Robat Karim County.[3] The following census in 2011 counted 259,480 people in 72,096 households,[4] by which time the district (except the city of Nasirshahr) had been separated from the county in the establishment of Baharestan County.[2] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 239,556 people in 70,072 households.[5]

Climate

Köppen-Geiger climate classification system classifies its climate as cold semi-arid (BSk).[6] In summer, its average temperatures are cooler than that of Tehran city, so as its average winter temperatures are colder.

See also

Notes and References

  1. ((OpenStreetMap contributors)) . Golestan, Baharestan County . . 18 March 2024 . 18 March 2024 . fa.
  2. Web site: Approval letter regarding country divisions in Tehran province . fa . Islamic Parliament Research Center . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024501/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/793953 . Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers . Rahimi . Mohammad Reza . 5 March 2016 . 21 December 2013 . 23 October 2023.
  3. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006) . 23 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 25 September 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110920084534/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/23.xls . Excel . 20 September 2011.
  4. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011) . 23 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . Syracuse University . https://web.archive.org/web/20230120190153/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Tehran.xls . 20 January 2023 . 19 December 2022 . Excel.
  5. Web site: Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016) . 23 . fa . The Statistical Center of Iran . AMAR . 19 December 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211212171617/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_23.xlsx . Excel . 12 December 2021.
  6. Web site: Climate: Golestan – Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table. Climate-Data.org. 9 September 2013.