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Qods, Iran

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Country
  
Iran

County
  
Qods

Population
  
283,517 (2011)

Province
  
Tehran

Time zone
  
IRST (UTC+3:30)

Local time
  
Monday 11:30 PM

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Weather
  
11°C, Wind W at 23 km/h, 46% Humidity

Qods (Persian: قدس‎‎, also known as Shahr-e Qods, meaning "City of Qods"; formerly, Karaj, Qal‘eh Hasan, and Qal‘eh-ye Ḩasan Khān) is a city in and the capital of Qods County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 229,354, in 60,331 families. Before Qods officially became a municipality in 1989 it was named Qal‘eh Hasan. The Persian Gulf Pro League team Paykan plays in the city at Shahre Qods Stadium.

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Map of Qods, Tehran Province, Iran

Higher education

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.

References

Qods, Iran Wikipedia