Nasimshahr (Persian: نسيم شهر), formerly Akbarabad (اکبر آباد), also Romanized as Akbarābād,[3] is a city in, and the capital of, Bostan District of Baharestan County, Tehran province, Iran,[4] and also serves, with Golestan, as one of two capitals of the county.[5]
Nasimshahr
Persian: نسيم شهر | |
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City | |
Nasimshahr | |
Coordinates: 35°33′42″N 51°09′42″E / 35.56167°N 51.16167°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Province | Tehran |
County | Baharestan |
District | Bostan |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 200,393 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 (IRST) |
At the 2006 census, its population was 135,824 in 31,670 households, when it was in Robat Karim County.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 157,474 people in 42,478 households,[7] by which time the district, together with Golestan District (except the city of Nasirshahr), had been separated from the county in the establishment of Baharestan County.[5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 200,393 people in 58,431 households.[2]