Alborz province at one glance

1. The geographical location
Alborz province is the thirty first province of Iran where has an area of 5800 square kilometers and is located in the north of Iran at the skirts of Alborz mountain range.This province is neighbor to Mazandaran province from the north and neighbor to Qazvin province from the west and is also neighbor to Tehran province from the east and southeast and is neighbor to Markazi province from the southwest. Karaj, Savojbolagh , Nazarabad and Taleqan are its cities. 

2.  Climate conditions and population 

the weather of the province is affected by Alborz mountain and has cold winters and moderate summers. The south of the province has a hot and dry weather because of being adjacent to desert,  and at one side reaches Alborz mountain and at the other side ends in one of the driest deserts of Iran. Furthermore because of the existence of natural rough terrains comprised of deep valleys vast plains with an appropriate plant cover and green gardens attracts visitors to itself. The population of Alborz Province is around of 3 millions people and its rate of population growth is not high but emigration to this province is considerable.  

3. The introduction of the cities

The city of karaj is the center of Alborz province and its big and most populated city of Province. This city is located at a distance of 36 km from the west of Tehran across the western side of the Karaj River and is also located at the southern foot of Alborz mountain. Karaj is one of the metropolises of Iran. After Tehran, karaj is the biggest city in attracting emigrants and is included as one of the metropolises of Iran considering this city as a young one. Karaj has a great number of productive and industrial units which are concentrated in different parts of the city or mainly in the industrial towns. Some touristic attractions of Karaj are: Karaj-Chalous road, apple garden in Mehrshahr, pearl palace(Shams) and historical village of Atashgah. Other historical-cultural attractions of Karaj are: Shah Abbasi Inn,historical bridge of Karaj and Taher shrine in Karaj where is the tomb of many of contemporary reputable artists and poets of iran. 

The other city of Alborz Province is Savojbolagh with an area of 1022 square km that is limited to Alborz heights and Taleqan from the north , to Qazvin and Nazar Abad from the west and is limited to Karaj from the south and east. The word «Savojbolagh» is a Turkish name which means «cold water spring» and this name evidently indicates the wonderful and green nature of this region which is full of rivers and springs.
The town of Nazar Abad is also located at the end of southwest of Alborz province. The city has 47 historical and cultural monuments which 34 of them have been registered in national monument list of Iran. The weather of this city is proper for cultivating. The ancient area of Uzbek is one of the most important ancient areas of this city which has shown us the first brick made by human.
The ther town of Alborz Province is Taleqan as its center with an area of 1186 square km is located in the northwest of the province and at southern foot of Alborz mountain range. The word «Taleqan» means hill , height and crag and in other words Taleqan is the mountain and land of heights.In this city 112 historical,cultural and natural attractions have been discovered which 67 of them have been registered in national monument list of Iran. High peaks and the dam lake and the Shahrod River are outstanding natural attractions of this province.

4. The advantages of Alborz province

Alborz province due to geographical position and practical capabilities in different grounds  such as specialist human resource and … has proportional and competitive advantages compared with the other provinces of Iran. some of these advantages are :
1.being near to population and easy accessibility to educational , sanitary, treatment facilities and specialist human resources.
2.capabilities of soil and water
3.establishing the strategic industries
4.existence of natural  and unique touristic attractions 
5.existence of skilled and confident consultant – foreign and international corporations
6.being located on the main connecting roads of the country 
7.being easily accessible to the international airports: Imam Khomeini, Mehrabad, Payam cargo airport, Azadi private airport
8.existence of more than 10 industrial towns and some thousands industrial units in Alborz province
9.accessibility to inhabitant population in Tehran and retaining the safety of investors from the view of consumer population
10.existence of proper situation for creation of the third pole of automobile industry 
11. Having some Universities included: the comprehensive university of Alborz , medical science university, Ecology university for the near future
12.creation of technology park in Alborz province for the near future
13.existence of Payam special economic zone and international airport of Payam in this province and its role in export of products to other countries
14.the existence of researching centers for nuclear medicine in Karaj and its activity in the field of medicine and nuclear cultivation.
15.existence of a great number of researching centers in Alborz province in the field of biotechnology and nano