Karaj

Karaj is a city in the Central District of , province, , serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district. It lies at the foot of the mountains on the road between and , about 40 km west of central Tehran.
  • City with about 1,590,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 1,340 metres (4,400 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport codes QKC and PYK
  • Description: city in Alborz Province, Iran
  • Also known as
    “Heredi”
    “Karadje”
    “Karej”
    “Keredi”
    “Leredi”
    “Qaşabeh-e Karaj”

Places of Interest

Discover Shah Abbasi Caravansarai, Karaj and Soleymaniyeh Palace.
The Shah Abbasi Caravansarai is a historic Safavid era…
The is a Qajar era royal residence in Karaj, Iran.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hassan Abad and Jahanshahr.
Neighborhood
Hasanabad is a village in Baraghan Rural District…
is a neighborhood.
Village
Mahmudabad is a neighborhood in the city of Karaj…
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Latitude
35.8225° or 35° 49′ 21″ north
Longitude
50.9905° or 50° 59′ 26″ east
UN/LOCODE
IR QKC
Open location code
8H7GRXCR+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Karaj” goes by many names.
KarajAfrikaans
كرجArabic
ՔարաջArmenian
KarajAsturian
KərəcAzerbaijani
KarajBalinese
KarajBasque
КерэджBelarusian
КэрэджBelarusian
কারাজBengali
КараджBulgarian
KarajCatalan
KarajCebuano
کەرەجCentral Kurdish
КараджChechen
КереджChechen
卡拉傑Chinese
卡拉季Chinese
KaradžCroatian
KaradžCzech
KarajDanish
KerecDimli (individual language)
KaradschDutch
KarajDutch
كرجEgyptian Arabic
Кередж ошErzya
KaraĝEsperanto
KaraĝoEsperanto
KarajFinnish
ქარაჯიGeorgian
ყარაჯიGeorgian
کرجGilaki
ΚαράτζGreek
કરજGujarati
KarajHausa
כאראגHebrew
כרג‘Hebrew
कैरैजHindi
KaradzsHungarian
KarajIndonesian
KarajInterlingua
KarajIrish
KarajItalian
キャラジJapanese
KarajKalaallisut
ಕರಾಜ್Kannada
کرجKashmiri
КереджKazakh
КережKirghiz
카라즈Korean
카라지Korean
KerecKurdish
KaradžaLatvian
KeredžaLatvian
KaradžasLithuanian
KeredžasLithuanian
KarajMalagasy
KarajMalay
കരാജ്Malayalam
KarahaMaori
KarajMaori
करजMarathi
کرجMazanderani
KarajMin Nan Chinese
ქარაჯიMingrelian
كاراجMoroccan Arabic
KaradschNorthern Frisian
KaražNorthern Sami
KarajNorwegian
KarajNorwegian Bokmål
KarajOccitan (post 1500)
КереджOssetian
ایران کوچکPersian
قَصَبِهِ كَرَجPersian
كرجPersian
کرجPersian
کلانشهر کرجPersian
KaradżPolish
KarajPolish
KarajRomanian
КараджRussian
КарайRussian
КереджRussian
KarajScots
КараџSerbian
KaradžSerbo-Croatian
කරාජ්Sinhala
KaradžSlovenian
کرجSouth Azerbaijani
KarajSwedish
КараҷTajik
கரச்சுTamil
கராஜ்Tamil
КәрәҗTatar
కారజ్Telugu
คาราจThai
แคแรจThai
KarajTurkish
KerecTurkish
KäräjTurkmen
KarajTwi
КереджUkrainian
کرجUrdu
KarajUzbek
KarajVietnamese
KarajVõro
KarajWaray (Philippines)
کرجWestern Panjabi
KarajWolof
卡拉季Wu Chinese
卡拉季Yue Chinese

Localities in the Area

“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.”

Alborz: Highlights

Learn more about Nazarabad and Taleghan.