Sahand, Iran, Asia
Year 1991 latitude: 38° 4' longitude: 46° 18' Period 1991-1998 Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants 5,000 (2006) Target population 90,000 Town website Town related links Literature - 'The planning and functioning of new towns in Iran', Keramatollah Ziari, Cities, Vol. 23, No. 6, p. 412–422, 2006 type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic