Toopkhaneh

Telegraph building

Municipality Palace of Tehran in 1950s

Municipality Palace of Tehran in 1930s to 1940s

Toop Khāneh (Persian: توپخانه‎‎; which literally means "Artillery Barracks"),^[1] also spelt as Tūpkhāneh, is a major town square (Maidan-e Toopkhaneh) and a neighborhood in the south of the central district of the city of Tehran, Iran. It was built in 1867 by an order of Amir Kabir and Commissioned in 1867. After the Iranian Revolution, it was renamed Imam Khomeini Square (میدان امام خمینی). Cheragh Bargh (Amir Kabir) street ends-up to this square, and Naserie (Naser Khosrow) street, Bob Homayoun street, Sepah street, Ferdowsi street and Lalezar street find ways to other directions.^[2]

References

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↑ It is pronounced as Tupkhuneh (توپخونه, [tʰupxuˈne]) in Tehrani accent.
↑ "میدان امام خمینی". کتاب اول. Retrieved 31 Mar 2011.

Main neighborhoods of Tehran

North	Aghdasieh Lavizan Ajodanieh Darakeh Darband Darrous Davoodiyeh Doulat Ekhtiarieh Elahieh Farmanieh Gheytarieh Gholhak Jamaran Jordan Kamranieh Mahmoodieh Mehran Niavaran Pasdaran Shemiran Tajrish Vanak Valiasr Velenjak Yusef Abad Zafaraniyeh

West	Ekbatan Apadana Complex Bagh Feiz Farahzad Gisha Jannat Abad Punak Sa'adat Abad Sadeghiyeh Shahrak-e Gharb Shahran Shahrara Shahr-e ziba Tarasht Tehransar

Central	Abbas Abad Amir Abad Baharestan Enqelab Street Bazar Hasan Abad Jomhuri Keshavarz Boulevard Park-e Shahr Seyed Khandan Toopkhaneh

East	Afsariyeh Lavizan Narmak Tehranpars Tehranno Piroozi

South	Gomrok Javadiyeh Khavaran Navvab Nazi Abad Rey Yaft Abad

Coordinates: 35°41′09″N 51°25′17″E / 35.68583°N 51.42139°E / 35.68583; 51.42139

Tehran Province

Capital

Tehran

Counties
and cities

Baharestan County	Nasim Shahr Golestan Salehieh

Damavand County	Damavand Abali Absard Kilan Rudehen

Eslamshahr County	Ahmadabad-e Mostowfi Eslamshahr Chahardangeh

Firuzkuh County	Firuzkuh Arjomand

Malard County	Malard Safadasht

Pakdasht County	Pakdasht Sharifabad

Pardis County	Pardis Bumehen

Pishva County	Pishva

Qarchak County	Qarchak

Qods County	Qods

Rey County	Rey^* Baqershahr Hasanabad Kahrizak

Robat Karim County	Robat Karim Parand Nasirabad

Shahriar County	Shahriar Andisheh Baghestan Ferdowsieh Sabashahr Shahedshahr Vahidieh

Shemiranat County	Shemiran^* Fasham Lavasan Tajrish^*

Tehran County	Tehran

Varamin County	Varamin Javadabad

Landmarks

Populated places

List of cities, towns and villages in Tehran Province

^* indicates that this formerly independent city is now absorbed into Tehran.

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