Qods, Iran
City in Tehran province, Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
City in Tehran province, Iran From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Qods (Persian: قدس)[lower-alpha 1] is a city in the Central District of Qods County, Tehran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.[4]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 229,354 in 60,331 households, when it was in the former Qods District of Shahriar County.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 283,517 people in 83,035 households,[6] by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Qods County, with Qods as its capital.[4] The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 309,605 people in 94,532 households.[2] Before Qods officially became a municipality in 1989 it was named Qal‘eh Hasan. The city is named after Jerusalem, in Arabic spelling.
The city has three universities: Islamic Azad University, Shahr-eQods Branch, University of Applied Science and Technology, Shahr-e-Qods Branch and Payam-e-Nour university.[7]
The Persian Gulf Pro League team Paykan plays in the city at Shahre Qods Stadium.
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