Cities of the Gulf

Old & New

IRAN

IRAQ

SAUDI ARABIA

KUWAIT

BAHRAIN

QATAR

UAE OMAN

MAJORITY SUNNI?

IRAN

IRAQ

SAUDI ARABIA

KUWAIT

BAHRAIN

QATAR

UAE OMAN

MAJORITY SHIA?

IRAN

IRAQ

SAUDI ARABIA

KUWAIT

BAHRAIN

QATAR

UAE OMAN

GCC STATES?

IRAN

IRAQ

SAUDI ARABIA

KUWAIT

BAHRAIN

QATAR

UAE OMAN

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES8.26 Million

OMAN2.77 Million

BAHRAIN1.2 Million

COMPARITIVE POPULATIONS *July 2011 est.

QATAR1.85 Million

SAUDI ARABIA 27 Million

Source: http://www.indexmundi.com/middle_east.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

KUWAIT3.56 Million

IRAN75 Million

Tehran

Basra

Riyadh

Kuwait City

Manama

Doha

Abu Dhabi

Dammam/Dahran

Dubai

Bandar Abbas

PERSIAN GULF?

IRAN

IRAQ

SAUDI ARABIA

KUWAIT

BAHRAIN

QATAR

UAE OMAN

Tehran

Basra

Riyadh

Kuwait City

Manama

Doha

Abu Dhabi

Dammam/Dahran

Dubai

Bandar Abbas

ARABIAN GULF?

Tehran

Basra

Riyadh

Kuwait City

Manama

Doha

Abu Dhabi

Dammam/Dahran

Dubai

Bandar Abbas

THE GULF

Tehran

Basra

Riyadh

Kuwait City

Manama

Doha

Abu Dhabi

Dammam/Dahran

Dubai

Bandar Abbas

Tehran

طحران

Alborz M

ountains

Zagros Mountains

Kavir Desert

Lut Desert

Caspian Sea

Gulf of O

man

Persian Gulf

azerbahan

armenia

turkey

iraq

kuwait

saudi arabia

bahrain

qatar

u.a.e.

oman

turkmenistan

afghanistan

pakistan

russia

political

physical

iranian boundries

tehran water supplies

7,354,00010,000 per square km

1500 square km

0-14 years : 26.1 % (male 9204,785/female 8,731,429)15-64 years: 69% (male 24,133,919/female 23,245,255)

65 years and over: 4.9% (male 1,653,827/female 1,719,218)total -24.8male - 24.6female - 25

17 births/1,000 population

5.55 deaths/1,000 populationat birth: 1.05 males/female

1200 meters above sea level

total population: 79.4%male: 85.6%female: 73%

Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%

P O P U L A T I O ND E N S I T Y

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A V E R A G E A G E S

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D E A T H R A T EB I R T H R A T I O S

A L T I T U D E

L I T E R A C Y R A T E S

E T H N I C P E R C E N T A G E S

tehran .

the area is reknowned for carpet makigc. 11,000,000

tehran water supplies

panoramics :: looking north

tehran .

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university of tehran

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former USA embassy

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green space is well utilized in

tehran.

10 sqm per person

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a d d i t i o n a l l y : there are few bars [alcohol] available, so many residents utilize the parks

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tehran .

“You came for the politics, but you will stay for the nightlife,’ my friend Davar informed me one sultry summer evening in Tehran, shortly after my return to Iran. sooner or later, if you are an Iranian living outside, someone will inform you of all that you have been missing in the Islamic Republic: a sexual revolution behind closed doors, where young Iranians drop ectasy, host backroom orgies, and generally put Amsterdam to shame. If you raise your eyebrows, as I did with Davar, you will then be presented with stories of how diverse the party scene in Iran is - not just confined to

Tehran...”

Azaded Moaveniauthor of Lipstick Jihad

“Westerners have this sense that Iranian women are submissive victims. But they’re not victims, and they’re certainly not submissive. In fact, feminism functions in Iran within very different parameters than in Western countries. Iranian women don’t compete with men - they don’t try to replace me. And while they’re fighting against oppression, the often get their way, they produce their own

solutions.”

Shirin Neshatvisual artist

growth _ walled city :: until 1868 :: late 1800s :: 1937 :1955 :: 1971 :: present

industrial sites _ 1200+ :: 1000-1200 :: 800-1000 :: 600-800 :: 400-600 :: 0-400

20% :: 15-20% :: 10-15% :: 5-10% :: less than 5% university education [population %] _

2000+ :: 1500 :: 1200 :: 1000 :: below 1000 population density [people/sqkm] _

tehran metro system

tehran .

While the city does have an es-tablished public transportation system consist-ing of busses and a metro system, the pri-mary form of transit are taxi cabs, most are functioning rel-ics from the Brit-

ish-rule era...

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Firas Bata

tehran .

AZADI[freedom]

TOWER

ARCHITECT:Hossein Amanat

BUILT:1971

NAMED:SHAHYAH ARYAMEHR

[renamed in 1979]

HEIGHT:50m

PURPOSE:Iranian Monument /

Culture Museum

50 m

elevated landscaped park with monument Azadi Avenue Roundabout

continued landscape design

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tehran .

The tower is used both for its functional purposes [as a tower and mu-seum], but is also the gath-ering place for both mass ral-lies and mass tourism. While not the tallest buiding, nor the most his-torical, it fulfills its nickname of “the Gateway

to Iran.”

tehran .

One might at-tribute portions of its success to its location. While not in the center of the geograph-ic or historic city, it is with close proxim-ity to Universi-ties, Residential spaces, parks, a bus station, the internat ional airport, and the national soccer stadium. Tens of thousands pass by on the roads which en-cirle the monu-ment on a daily

basis.

الرياضRiyadh

National (68%)Non-National (32%)

31.2% (0-14) 8.6% (15-19)

Sunni Muslim (76%)Shia Muslim (13.5%)

46.3% (19-44)

Ismaili (2.5%)

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head of state H.R.H. KING ABDULLAH BIN

ABDULAZIZ AL SAUD

currency SAUDI RIYALpopulation 28.69 MILLION

most populous citiesRiyadh Jeddah Makkah

| 6,188,000| 4,500,000| 2,500,000

11.7% (45-65) 2.2% (65+)

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Housing needThe minister said there will be a shortage of 270,000 housing units by the end of the Seventh Five-Year Plan ending next year (2005).

Natural Resources571 km | Rail length (Train & Metro) 8 1 3

Flight movements | 13,424 per month

Sovereign wealth fund | $431 billionPrice of benzine at the pump | $0.53/liter

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Largest destinations of exports18.5% 16.5% 10.2% 8.6% 4.8%

Hotels | 63 Museums | 17 Number of Universities | 8Illiteracy rate

| US| Japan| China| South Korea| Singapore

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الدوحهDoha

NationalNon-National

0-14 (21.8% ) 15-64 (76.8%)

Sunni Muslim (48.5%)Shia Muslim (29%)

65+ (1.4%)

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currency QATARI RIYAL

population 1,623,724

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Largest importers to Qatar12% | Japan9.9% | USA

Largest destinations of exports42% | Japan14.1% | South Korea

Tourists in 2009 | 446,507Hotels | 43Museums | 6 Number of Universities | 11Illiteracy rate | 3%

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Global VisibilityDubai leads other Gulf cities in internet presence (one way of measuring media presence). So much that one can often lose track of where Dubai lines up in the list of most populated cities. Its internet presence is more in line with Moscow and Shanghai while its population is more comparable to Perth.

Dubai

Kuala Lumpur

Perth

1.645.973

7.000.000

$51 bn

55.800.000

1.809.699

4.125.000

$26 bn

25.600.000

1.602.560

585.000

$62 bn

35.600.000

Lyon

1.440.000

1.500.000

$ 69 bn

11.700.000

Tbilisi

1.480.000

1.000.000

$ 6.5 bn

9.450.000

Jakarta

Zurich

Bangkok

Doha

8.792.000

1.500.000

$92 bn

53.000.000

1.680.000

2.400.000

$301 bn

49.900.000

11.971.000

10.350.000

$119 bn

47.100.000

998.659

446.507

$63 bn

10.800.000

Abu Dhabi

Damascus

896.751

1.800.000

$106 bn

14.000.000

1.669.000

5.000.000

$321 bn

55.800.000

Kyoto

1.468.000

5.000.000

$49 bn

23.300.000

Sofia BeijingBrussels Shanghai

Moscow

Mumbai

Athens

Riyadh

10.509.000

5.000.000

$321 bn

55.800.000

13.922.000

5.000.000

$209 bn

49.000.000

3.200.000

6.000.000

$96 bn

46.800.000

6.188.000

N/A

$107 bn

7.180.000

Population

Visitors per year

GDP

Google hits

Population

Visitors per year

GDP

Google hits

Population

Visitors per year

GDP

Google hits

Population

Visitors per year

GDP

Google hits

1.449.277 10.123.0001.830.000 13.831.900Population

5.600.000 10.000.0006.000.000 6.000.000Visitors per year

$19 bn $166 bn$83 bn $233 bnGDP

14.700.000 62.900.00029.300.000 55.800.000Google Hits

Gulf Cities Gulf Cities

Cities comparable per population Cities comparable per Google hits

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Global VisibilityDubai leads other Gulf cities in internet presence (one way of measuring media presence). So much that one can often lose track of where Dubai lines up in the list of most populated cities. Its internet presence is more in line with Moscow and Shanghai while its population is more comparable to Perth.

Dubai

Kuala Lumpur

Perth

1.645.973

7.000.000

$51 bn

55.800.000

1.809.699

4.125.000

$26 bn

25.600.000

1.602.560

585.000

$62 bn

35.600.000

Lyon

1.440.000

1.500.000

$ 69 bn

11.700.000

Tbilisi

1.480.000

1.000.000

$ 6.5 bn

9.450.000

Jakarta

Zurich

Bangkok

Doha

8.792.000

1.500.000

$92 bn

53.000.000

1.680.000

2.400.000

$301 bn

49.900.000

11.971.000

10.350.000

$119 bn

47.100.000

998.659

446.507

$63 bn

10.800.000

Abu Dhabi

Damascus

896.751

1.800.000

$106 bn

14.000.000

1.669.000

5.000.000

$321 bn

55.800.000

Kyoto

1.468.000

5.000.000

$49 bn

23.300.000

Sofia BeijingBrussels Shanghai

Moscow

Mumbai

Athens

Riyadh

10.509.000

5.000.000

$321 bn

55.800.000

13.922.000

5.000.000

$209 bn

49.000.000

3.200.000

6.000.000

$96 bn

46.800.000

6.188.000

N/A

$107 bn

7.180.000

Population

Visitors per year

GDP

Google hits

Population

Visitors per year

GDP

Google hits

Population

Visitors per year

GDP

Google hits

Population

Visitors per year

GDP

Google hits

1.449.277 10.123.0001.830.000 13.831.900Population

5.600.000 10.000.0006.000.000 6.000.000Visitors per year

$19 bn $166 bn$83 bn $233 bnGDP

14.700.000 62.900.00029.300.000 55.800.000Google Hits

Gulf Cities Gulf Cities

Cities comparable per population Cities comparable per Google hits

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Global VisibilityDubai leads other Gulf cities in internet presence (one way of measuring media presence). So much that one can often lose track of where Dubai lines up in the list of most populated cities. Its internet presence is more in line with Moscow and Shanghai while its population is more comparable to Perth.

Dubai

Kuala Lumpur

Perth

1.645.973

7.000.000

$51 bn

55.800.000

1.809.699

4.125.000

$26 bn

25.600.000

1.602.560

585.000

$62 bn

35.600.000

Lyon

1.440.000

1.500.000

$ 69 bn

11.700.000

Tbilisi

1.480.000

1.000.000

$ 6.5 bn

9.450.000

Jakarta

Zurich

Bangkok

Doha

8.792.000

1.500.000

$92 bn

53.000.000

1.680.000

2.400.000

$301 bn

49.900.000

11.971.000

10.350.000

$119 bn

47.100.000

998.659

446.507

$63 bn

10.800.000

Abu Dhabi

Damascus

896.751

1.800.000

$106 bn

14.000.000

1.669.000

5.000.000

$321 bn

55.800.000

Kyoto

1.468.000

5.000.000

$49 bn

23.300.000

Sofia BeijingBrussels Shanghai

Moscow

Mumbai

Athens

Riyadh

10.509.000

5.000.000

$321 bn

55.800.000

13.922.000

5.000.000

$209 bn

49.000.000

3.200.000

6.000.000

$96 bn

46.800.000

6.188.000

N/A

$107 bn

7.180.000

Population

Visitors per year

GDP

Google hits

Population

Visitors per year

GDP

Google hits

Population

Visitors per year

GDP

Google hits

Population

Visitors per year

GDP

Google hits

1.449.277 10.123.0001.830.000 13.831.900Population

5.600.000 10.000.0006.000.000 6.000.000Visitors per year

$19 bn $166 bn$83 bn $233 bnGDP

14.700.000 62.900.00029.300.000 55.800.000Google Hits

Gulf Cities Gulf Cities

Cities comparable per population Cities comparable per Google hits

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