Tehran

Iran

Tehran is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is also the capital of Tehran province and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District. With a population of around 9 million in the city, and 16.8 million in the metropolitan area, Tehran is the most populous city in Iran and West Asia, the largest metropolitan area in the Middle East and the 24th-most-populous metropolitan area in the world.

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Country: Iran
Population: 7,873,000
Latitude: 35.67° N
Longitude: 51.42° E

Which way is Tehran from…

From Paris, Tehran lies at 92° to the east, 4,212 km as the crow flies.

Paris	92° east	4,212 km
London	93° east	4,400 km
New York	41° north-east	9,858 km
Madrid	78° east	4,778 km
Rome	89° east	3,414 km
Montreal	42° north-east	9,437 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	356° north	6,303 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Tehran sits where two simple lines cross: due east of London (93°, 4,400 km away) and due north of Saint-Denis on Réunion Island (356°). Yet from London a flat map would put it south-east, at 113°. From New York, the compass aims at 41°, north-east, while the map says due east (93°). A landmark: Valletta lies on the same latitude.