Dibaji is a district in northern Tehran, Iran. Tehran (or Teheran) ( Persian: تهران Tehrān) is the capital and largest City of Iran, and the administrative center of For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Iran topics.
Often referred to as Ekhtiyarieh or South Dibaji, Dibaji is located mainly along Dibaji Street and refers to the areas surrounding the street south from Sadr Expressway but north of Pasdaran Avenue and Kolahdooz Avenue. Sadr Expressway is a Freeway in northern Tehran, Iran. This freeway runs west from the Modarres Expressway in Gholhak neighborhood
Dibaji is suburban and consists mostly of modest, upper-middle class homes and apartment buildings as well as some scattered shops. South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. In contrast to many of the upscale and flashy districts surrounding it (such as Farmanieh and Shemiran), Dibaji is known to be relatively modest and religious. Farmaniye (also spelled Farmaniye) is a district located in Shemiran, Tehran, Iran centered around Farmanieh Street Shemiran (also called Shemiranat, center of Shemiranat County) is the name of the northern part of the city of Tehran, capital of Iran.
The area is centered around Dibaji Park, and the district is generally considered one of Tehran's greenest and safest.
The name Dibaji refers to Dibaj which is the name of a town in present-day Mazandaran. Dibaj, also Dibadj, is a small town north of Damghan city in Semnan Province, Iran. Mazandaran is a Caspian
History
The land in this area as whole once belongied to an aristocrat named Saheb Ekhtiyar, and it is from his name that the name Ekhtiyarieh originates, which could roughly be translated as the place belonging to, or related to Ekhtiyar.
In the 1970's, most of Dibaji was built and in the 1990's the Sadr Expressway was constructed alongside the development's northern border. Sadr Expressway is a Freeway in northern Tehran, Iran. This freeway runs west from the Modarres Expressway in Gholhak neighborhood
See also
Dolat