Qaem Shahr
Qaem Shahr قائمشهر | |
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City | |
Qaem Shahr | |
Coordinates: 36°27′47″N 52°51′36″E / 36.46306°N 52.86000°E / 36.46306; 52.86000Coordinates: 36°27′47″N 52°51′36″E / 36.46306°N 52.86000°E / 36.46306; 52.86000 | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Mazandaran |
County | Qaem Shahr |
Bakhsh | Central |
Area | |
• City | 30 km2 (10 sq mi) |
Population (2016 Census) | |
• Urban | 204,953 [1] |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+4:30 (IRDT) |
Website | http://www.ghaemshahr.ir |
Qaem Shahr pronunciation (help·info) (Persian: قائمشهر, also Romanized as Qā’em Shahr; formerly known as Shāhi (Persian: Ŝāhi) [2] is a city and capital of Qaem Shahr County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2016 census, its population was 204,953.[3]
Originally known as Aliyabad, the name Ŝâhi (Shāhi) was used until the Iranian Revolution in 1979 when the city acquired its current name.
The city is situated 237 kilometres (147 mi) north-east of Tehran; 20 kilometres (12 mi) southeast of Babol; and 23 kilometres (14 mi) south west of Sari which is the capital of Mazandaran province.
In 1951, Qa'em Shahr's population was around 18,000, growing to 123,684 in 1991. The city has a lot of problems with the growing population. Although the maze of Seyyed Mahalleh has kept its old shape, the old houses with gardens are replaced with apartment buildings. The roads are still too small, especially in the center of the town, and the rest of the infrastructure does not match the need.[citation needed]
World and Olympic champion weightlifter Behdad Salimi hails from Qaem Shahr.
The city is where the North Iranian railway quits the fertile plains of Mazandaran to cross the highest mountain range of the Middle East, the Elburz.
Notable people
Ramin Mirzaeian (b. 1961) - football player
Nader Dastneshan (b. 1960) - football player and coach
Fereydoon Fazli (b. 1971) - football player
Babak Nourzad (b. 1978) - wrestler
Mojtaba Tarshiz (b. 1978) - football player
Farshid Talebi (b. 1981) - football player
Maysam Baou (b. 1983) - football player
Mehdi Jafarpour (b. 1984) - football player
Mehrdad Oladi (b. 1985 d.2016) - football player
Mehrdad Kafshgari (b. 1987) - football player
Behdad Salimi (b. 1989) - weightlifter
Mohammad Abbaszadeh (b. 1990) - football player
Ali Alipour (b. 1995) - football player
Farhad Majidi - football player
Behnam Tayyebi - wrestler
Jaber Sadeghzadeh (b. 1991) - wrestler
Ahmad Mohammadi (b. 1989) - wrestler
Mansour Sadeghi - pop singer
Mansour Hedayati-(residence) - poet
References
^ https://www.amar.org.ir/english
^ Qaem Shahr can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3078746" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
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