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Hamadān

Hamadan Province · Iran
City population
528,256
#14
in Iran
#1
in Hamadan Province
#1,069
worldwide
TehranHamadān
34.799, 48.515 · 282 km from Tehran
Share of Iran
0.6%
Of the national population
Elevation
1,820 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Distance to capital
282 km
To Tehran
Time zone
Asia/Tehran
IANA zone identifier

About Hamadān

Hamadān accounts for 0.6% of Iran's national population, ranking 14th among the country's 422 listed cities. At 528,256 residents, it is the largest city in Hamadan Province and lies 282 km from Tehran at an elevation of 1,820 m. Bahār sits 14 km away with 28,645 people; Tūyserkān and Asadābād are within 36 km, with populations of 50,455 and 55,703 respectively.

This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.

Position in Iran
#14of 422
LargestSmallest
Position in Hamadan Province
#1of 7
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Iran
Region
Hamadan Province
Rank in region
#1of 7
Coordinates
34.799, 48.515
Record updated
22 July 2024
Entry edited, not measured

City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.

Nearby Cities

All 422 in Iran

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

28KMTūyserkān50K people36KMAsadābād56K people49KMKabūdarāhang19K people60KMKangāvar51K people62KMMalāyer170K people

Compared with the World's Largest Cities

City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.

  1. Shanghai24.9M
  2. Beijing19M
  3. Shenzhen17.5M
  4. Guangzhou16.1M
  5. Kinshasa16M
  6. Istanbul15.7M
  7. Lagos15.4M
  8. Ho Chi Minh City14M
  9. Chengdu13.6M
  10. Lahore13M
  11. Mumbai12.7M
  12. São Paulo12.4M
  13. Mexico City12.3M
  14. Karachi11.6M
  15. Tianjin11.1M
  16. Hamadān528K
City-proper figures only. Administrative boundaries differ between countries, so these are not directly comparable to metropolitan-area estimates.
Hamadān compared with the fifteen largest cities
NameCity population
Shanghai24.9M
Beijing19M
Shenzhen17.5M
Guangzhou16.1M
Kinshasa16M
Istanbul15.7M
Lagos15.4M
Ho Chi Minh City14M
Chengdu13.6M
Lahore13M
Mumbai12.7M
São Paulo12.4M
Mexico City12.3M
Karachi11.6M
Tianjin11.1M
Hamadān528K

Hamadān Population FAQ

What is the population of Hamadān?

Hamadān has a city population of 528,256. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.

Where is Hamadān?

Hamadān is in Hamadan Province, Iran, 282 km from the capital, Tehran. Its coordinates are 34.799, 48.515.

How big is Hamadān compared with other cities in Iran?

It is the 14th largest of the 422 cities listed in Iran, holding 0.6% of the national population.

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