Hashtgerd ( fa, هشتگرد; also known as Ashjird, Hashtjerd, and Hashtjird) is a city in and the capital of

Savojbolagh County Savojbolagh County ( fa, شهرستان ساوجبلاغ) is located in Alborz province, Iran. The capital of the county is Hashtgerd. At the 2006 census, at which time it was a county in Tehran province, its population (including those portion ...

Alborz Province Alborz Province ( fa, استان البرز, ''Ostān-e Alborz'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. Hashtgerd is located west of

Tehran Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...

. It is the capital of

. Hashtgerd includes several nearby archeological mounds, known collectively as "Ozbaki." These sites, which have been actively excavated for several decades, include several mounds or Tepes, including Doshan Tapeh
Ozbaki
includes remains of ancient settlements dating back to the 7th millennium BC through 1400 BC. These settlements include those inhabited by "Grey earthenware"

Aryan Aryan or Arya (, Indo-Iranian *''arya'') is a term originally used as an ethnocultural self-designation by Indo-Iranians in ancient times, in contrast to the nearby outsiders known as 'non-Aryan' (*''an-arya''). In Ancient India, the term ' ...

s and the

Medians The Medes ( Old Persian: ; Akkadian: , ; Ancient Greek: ; Latin: ) were an ancient Iranian people who spoke the Median language and who inhabited an area known as Media between western and northern Iran. Around the 11th century BC, th ...

. A park called the Statue Park has been built in a green area across a valley in Hashtgerd. In this park, 12 busts of notable Iranians are made by different Iranian artists. Hashtgerd possesses an industrial city, the

Hashtgerd International Studios Hashtgerd ( fa, هشتگرد; also known as Ashjird, Hashtjerd, and Hashtjird) is a city in and the capital of Savojbolagh County, Alborz Province, Iran. Hashtgerd is located west of Tehran. It is the capital of Savojbolagh County. Hashtgerd inc ...

, a

hydroponic Hydroponics is a type of horticulture and a subset of hydroculture which involves growing plants, usually crops or medicinal plants, without soil, by using water-based mineral nutrient solutions in aqueous solvents. Terrestrial or aquatic plan ...

farming complex, a Center for Agricultural Research and Nuclear Medicine, and the

Iranian Garden Museum Iranian may refer to: * Iran, a sovereign state * Iranian peoples, the speakers of the Iranian languages. The term Iranic peoples is also used for this term to distinguish the pan ethnic term from Iranian, used for the people of Iran * Iranian lan ...

. Hashtgerd is the last stop on Line 5, a suburban commuter line of Tehran's metro.

External links

Case Study Hashtgerd New Town

References

Populated places in Savojbolagh County Cities in Alborz Province Planned cities in Iran {{Savojbolagh-geo-stub