Bumahen
city in Tehran Province, Iran
Bumahen (Persian: بومهن) is a city in, and the capital of, Bumahen District in Pardis County, Tehran province, Iran. It was previously the administrative center for Siyahrud Rural District until its capital was transferred to the village of Tellow-e Bala.
Demographics
Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 43,004 in 11,667 households, when it was in the Central District of Tehran County. The following census in 2011 counted 53,451 people in 15,729 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 79,034 people in 24,385 households, by which time it had been separated from the county in the establishment of Pardis County. Bumahen was transferred to the new Bumahen District.
The public source identifies “Bumahen” as city in Tehran Province, Iran. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Bumahen, city and Tehran.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2438632. Authority coordinates are 35.730, 51.862. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2006, 2011 and 2016.
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This entry incorporates text from “Bumahen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.