Parand

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Parand ({{langx|fa|پرند}}) is a planned city{{cite web|title=Introducing the county of Robat Karim|language=fa|website=robatkarim.ir|via=Robat Karim Municipality Portal|url=https://www.robatkarim.ir/fa-IR/DouranPortal/4921/page/درباره-شهر-رباط-کریم|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201070821/https://www.robatkarim.ir/fa-IR/DouranPortal/4921/page/درباره-شهر-رباط-کریم|archive-date=1 December 2022|date=9 September 1401|access-date=22 September 2024}} in the Central District of Robat Karim County, Tehran province, Iran. Its toponym means "natural silk".

History

The city is intended to provide residences for the staff of Imam Khomeini International Airport, and to create a balance in the settlement pattern of Tehran, establish an appropriate environment to draw in the extra population of Tehran and offer an alternative to unsystematic settlements. Parand is expected to accommodate 483,000 people on 3,420 hectares of land.{{cite report|title=The Supreme Council of Urban Planning and Architecture of Iran regarding the comprehensive plan of an additional 1,200 hectares of land approved in the new city of Parand and the changes in the comprehensive plan of the new city of Parand|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.com|via=Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/842960|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614051616/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/842960|publisher=Supreme Council of Urban Planning and Architecture of Iran|last=Gharavi|first=Mir Mohammad|archive-date=14 June 2013|date=c. 2013|orig-date=Approval 9 February 2013|id=Notification 300/6948|access-date=22 September 2024}}

The plan was a well-planned city which responds to the community's needs. It aims to host low-income families (laborers’ and employees’ housing cooperatives) by providing low-priced residential units with bank loans thereby attracting various classes of people. In 2019, the city has not yet attained those goals.{{cn|date=January 2020}}

On 8 January 2020 Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed approximately 15 kilometres north-east of the city shortly after takeoff from nearby Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport, killing all 176 people on board.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/08/iran-plane-crash-ukraine-boeing-180-tehran |title=Iran plane crash: Ukraine Boeing with more than 160 on board comes down near Tehran |last=Safi |first=Michael |date=January 8, 2020 |website=The Guardian}} A video of a missile hitting the plane was recorded from the city.{{cite news |title=Video Shows Ukrainian Plane Being Hit Over Iran |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/video/iran-plane-missile.html |work= New York Times |access-date=9 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109231335/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/video/iran-plane-missile.html |archive-date=9 January 2020 |url-status= live }}{{cite news |title=Video appears to show Ukrainian airliner being hit |url=https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/iran-plane-crash-investigation |work=CNN |date=9 January 2020 |access-date=9 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200109050303/https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/iran-plane-crash-investigation/ |archive-date=9 January 2020 |url-status=live }}{{YouTube|f1RdXLfGmbc|"Cellphone video purports to show moment plane struck by Iranian missile"}}

In 2023, it was estimated that Parand will have 11 phases in the future, six of which are operating.

Demographics

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At the time of the 2016 National Census, the city's population was 97,464 in 31,693 households.{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Tehran Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_23.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212171617/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_23.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=12 December 2021}}

Geography

The city of Parand is 10 km west from the city of Robat Karim (35 km southwest from Tehran) on the way to Saveh. It has about 13,000 students in Islamic Azad University of Parand. The city is also accessible from Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport via the Tehran-Qom freeway.

The city is divided into a number of areas, namely an urban texture, greenery, town services, regional services, and an industrial district.

References

External links

[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/10/21/ghost-towers Ghost Towers – The View from Iran's Housing Crisis]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20050111092104/http://www.icic.gov.ir/ ICIC.gov.ir]

Category:Cities in Tehran province

Category:Populated places in Robat Karim County

Category:Planned communities in Iran