Overview
Ekbatan Town is a planned town in western Tehran, Iran. It is located approximately five kilometers west of central Tehran.
Etymology
The town is named after Ecbatana, the capital city of the ancient Median Empire around 700 BC. It was the first capital of ancient Iranians to be established in Western Asia, and is the ancestor of the modern city of Hamedan.
The word Ekbātān is a variant of Ecbatana which derives from Old Persian Haŋgmetana, meaning "place of gathering".
History
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