Hashtgerd
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Hashtgerd is a new planned city in the Tehran Province of Iran located at 68 km west of Tehran. It is the capital of Savojbolagh County. Over 8,850 residents settled in the new settlement city of Hashtgerd over the year 2000, the number expected to rise to over 53,000 by the end of the Iranian calendar year 1383 (2004-2005). The city has a full accommodation capacity of 350,000.
A park called the Statue Park has been built in a green area across a valley in Hashtgerd. In this park 12 busts of notable Iranians are to be seen which are made by different Iranian artists.
Hashtgerd is an industrial city and possesses among others an industrial city, the Hashtgerd International Studios, a hydroponic farming complex, a Center for Agricultural Research and Nuclear Medicine and the Iranian Garden Museum. Line 5 of Tehran's metro will be extended to the new city of Hashtgerd in future.
Building the new towns in Iran is carried out by the Iranian New Towns Development Corporation (NTDC).
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