Karaj

Karaj (Persian کرج, English: Karaj ) is a city in Iran with about 1.5 million inhabitants and a strong youth proportion (approximately 50 % of the population ). The city is located at 1,300 meters above sea level at the foot of the Alborz mountains, about 40 km west of Tehran and is the capital of the province of Alborz.

Climate

The climate is very continental in Karaj dominated with low rainfall. Typical are hot and dry summers and wet - cold winters. Precipitation is very unlikely in the summer. But it does come, we must reckon with comparatively heavy rains that come mostly at night. The next day, you can admire the snow-capped mountains ( above 2500 meters). However, most rainfall coming in the winter months ( mostly as snow) and spring. Noteworthy are also the differences in temperature between day and night, which usually amount to more than 15 ° C. Therefore, the summer nights are pleasant and bearable. In the fall it can often lead to severe air pollution, because representing the mountain range in the northeast a natural barrier for the typical western and southern winds and the pollution can accumulate. With the same problem in a different extent, the river in the eastern capital has to fight.

Known devices

At the western edge ( Hesarak / Mehrshahr ) is the Morvarid Palace, which was built in the 1960s.

In the context of Iran's nuclear program is in a Karaj Nuclear Research Center for Agriculture and Medicine. It is also thought that in Karaj with the help of Russian and Chinese experts a nuclear reactor is built. In addition Karaj is considered the center of Iran's missile industry.

There is also a river of the same Karaj ( Karaj, Karaj ).