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. [Name] 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 underdeve...