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Teheran-ro
Teheran-ro
Korean name
Hangul	테헤란 로
Hanja	테헤란 路
Revised Romanization	Teheran-ro
McCune?Reischauer	T'eheranno

Teheran-ro ( Korean :  테헤란로 ; named for Tehran , Iran) is a street in the Gangnam district of Seoul , South Korea . It runs from Gangnam Station through Yeoksam-dong and into Samseong-dong . It is colloquially known as " Teheran Valley " (after Silicon Valley ) due to the number of internet -related companies operating there. The district of Gangnam-gu experienced phenomenal growth and waves of construction, with Teheran-ro becoming one of the busiest streets in South Korea. Its counterpart, Seoul St. in Tehran , Iran , runs in the north of that city, close to the Evin district.

Teheran-ro is a 3.5 km section of Seoul City Route 90 , and runs eastwards from Gangnam Station to Samseong Station and the COEX / KWTC complex. Yeoksam and Seolleung stations are also on Teheran-ro. All stations are on Seoul Subway Line 2 .

Some of South Korea's tallest skyscrapers and most expensive real estate are in Teheran-ro, while Seoul Metropolitan Government estimates that more than half of South Korea's venture capital , some 200 billion won (approximately $200 million), is invested in Teheran Valley. ^[1]

Name [ edit ]

On 27 June 1977, the Seoul Metropolitan Government suggested that the cities of Seoul (the capital of South Korea) and Tehran (the capital of Iran ) exchange the names of streets on the occasion of the visit to South Korea of Gholamreza Nikpey , the Mayor of Tehran . The following year, Samneungno street was renamed Teheran-ro, which then ran through a relatively underdeveloped area that had been annexed into Seoul in 1963.

Economy [ edit ]

The area hosts major domestic internet portals Daum and Naver as well as Google . Samsung Electronics and Hynix both operate offices there. Various South Korean and international financial and business institutions including POSCO , Standard Chartered and Citibank also maintain offices there.

Jungsuck Building, the headquarters of Kakao M (now Kakao Entertainment ), one of the largest music companies in the country, is located in Teheran-ro.

The explosive growth of Teheran-ro is discussed by the architect and researcher Sun-Young Rieh in her Korean-language book Boom or Bust?: The future of Teheran-ro after the Gangnam Building Boom . The work analyzes aspects of urban planning related to sustainability, especially as regards energy regulations. ^[2]

Photo gallery [ edit ]

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  Road post that says "Tehran Road" both in Korean hangul (테헤란로) and Persian (?????? ?????).
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  Posco intersection
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  Posco sunset
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  A small walkway on a rainy day, in front of the Posco building
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  Roadsign, COEX - KWTC intersection

See also [ edit ]

• Seoul Street

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Media related to Teheran-ro at Wikimedia Commons

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