Teheran Boulevard

Teheran-ro (translation "Tehran Boulevard") 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 a 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.

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On 27 June 1977, the Seoul Metropolitan Government suggested that the cities of Seoul (the capital of South Korea) and Tehran (the capital of pre-revolutionary 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 been annexed into Seoul in 1963.














colloquially = informally. 구어체로, 회화체로.

phenomenal = extraordinary. 경이로운.

The growth of China's economy is phenomenal.

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