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For the Nelson Mandela Boulevard in South Africa, see N2 (South Africa) § Western Cape.

Nelson Mandela BoulevardNative name| بلوار نلسون ماندلا (Persian)

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Length| 5.5 km (3.4 mi)
Location| Tehran
North end|  Modares Expressway
South end|  Arjantin Square

Nelson Mandela Boulevard (Persian: بلوار نلسون ماندلا) (old name: Jordan Street and Africa Boulevard) still known as Jordan is an affluent and upper-class district in northern Tehran, and some people draw similarities between Jordan District as being much like the Kensington area in London, United Kingdom as the area is a mixture of residential and commercial locale, filled with the homes and businesses of many politicians, diplomats, expatriates, and artists. Before the Iranian Revolution in 1979 it was called Jordan Street, named after the American Presbyterian missionary Samuel M. Jordan and used to be one of the most popular avenue in Tehran, Iran. Renamed Nelson Mandela Boulevard in recent years, it is amongst the most famous streets in north Tehran after Valiasr Street which is the longest conventional street in the Middle East, spanning a south–north axis. It is also famous for being one of the liveliest streets of Tehran, experiencing regular traffic jams even at 2:00 am during summer.

## Location

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Nelson Mandela Boulevard in Tehran map (in black)

Nelson Mandela Boulevard is located in the northern part of Tehran, the capital and largest city in Iran.

The tree-lined boulevard is connected to Valiasr Street (ex-"Pahlavi Avenue") via crossing streets branching from its west side while the east side leads to cul de sac bordering Modarres Expressway.

## Characteristics

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Although its reputation as being the most prestigious residential area is now overtaken by some areas further north like Zafaraniyeh, Elahieh, Fereshteh, Sa'adat Abad, and Niavaran, it is nevertheless still home to very expensive real estate and an essential playground for the rich, with many boutique shopping centers, chic cafes and restaurants, extravagant florists, art galleries, beauty salons, language schools, etc., the ultimate place to see and to be seen for fashionable Tehranis who have a desire to show off their possessions.

Rendezvous boys and girls, cruising the streets in cars during evening hours specially on Friday afternoons, used to be an indispensable part of Jordan's image and the car-flirting culture there had developed into an accomplished syllabus through 1990s and early 2000s. The sight for such encounters however has now changed to Andarzgou Boulevard in Farmanieh.

The area, together with its neighboring Valiasr Avenue, is suffering from severe traffic congestion due to rapid commercialization and lack of direct highway access.

It is also the home to the Italian, Polish, Bulgarian, Greek, Venezuelan, Sri Lankan, Mexican, Uruguayan, Kenyan, Brunei, Qatari, Kuwaiti, Omani and some other Arab embassies as well as home of a lot of ambassador of countries and also many ministries are located there.

## Name dispute

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Since the boulevard was renamed after the Iranian Revolution to Nelson Mandela Boulevard, many locals and foreigners alike continue to refer to the area as Jordan. This is presumably due to the effect of the wealthy inhabitants refusing to accept the new government's name.[citation needed]

## History

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Mid part of Nelson Mandela Boulevard (Jordan) in 2007

The avenue was formerly named after Dr. Samuel Jordan, the founder and the head of the American College of Tehran, now the Alborz High School, from the 1910s to 1941.

From North to South

|  Modarres Expressway
|  Mirdamad Boulevard
|  Shahid Haghani Expressway
|  Hemmat Expressway
|  Qasem Soleimani Expressway
Beyhaghi Terminal

Arjantin Square |  Beyhaghi Street
Shahid Ahmad Qasir Street
From South to North

## References

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Expressways of Tehran

Expressways

* 11
* Imam Reza Expressway
* 12
* Artesh Expressway
* 13
* Imam Ali Expressway
* 14
* Kharrazi Expressway
* Hemmat Expressway
* Zeinoddin Expressway
* 15
* Modares Expressway
* 16
* Lashgari Expressway
* 17
* Chamran Expressway
* 18
* Mahallati Expressway
* 19
* Shahid Sattari Expressway
* 21
* Shushtari Expressway
* Najafi Rastegar Expressway
* 22
* Abshenasan Expressway
* Hashemi Rafsanjani Expressway
* Niayesh Tunnel
* Sadr Expressway Upper Level
* Babayi Expressway
* 23
* Sayyad Expressway
* 24
* Hamadani Expressway
* Allameh Jafari Expressway
* Hakim Expressway
* Qasem Soleimani Expressway
* 25
* Kordestan Expressway
* 26
* Fath Expressway
* 27
* Navvab Expressway
* Yarjani Expressway
* 28
* Cheraghi Expressway
* 29
* Bakeri Expressway
* 31
* Bagheri Expressway
* 32
* Sadr Expressway Lower Level
* 34
* Jalal-e-Ale Ahmad Expressway
* Shahid Gomnam Expressway
* 36
* Borujerdi Expressway
* 37
* Tondguyan Expressway
* Behesht-e Zahra (Hashemi) Expressway
* 38
* Besat Expressway
* 39
* Ayatollah Kashani Expressway
* 41
* Doran Expressway
* 42
* Shahid Haghani Expressway
* 44
* Fahmideh Expressway
* Sheikh Fazl-allah Nouri Expressway
* 47
* Yadegar-e-Emam Expressway
* 48
* Mahdavi Kani Expressway
* Azadegan Expressway
* 49
* Dogaz Expressway
* 51
* Basij Expressway
* 54
* Yasini Expressway
* 57
* Ashrafi Esfahani Expressway
* Mohammad Ali Jenah Expressway
* 58
* Karimi Expressway
* Avini Expressway
* Rasuli Expressway
* 67
* Saidi Expressway
* 68
* Allameh Asgari Expressway
* Shahr-e Aftab Expressway
* 77
* Kazemi Expressway

Tehran, Tehran, Iran

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Main neighborhoods of Tehran

Urbanism in Iran: Tehran

North|

* Aghdasieh
* Almahdi
* Lavizan
* Ajodanieh
* Chizar
* Darakeh
* Darband
* Darrous
* Davoodiyeh
* Doulat
* Ekhtiarieh
* Elahieh
* Farmanieh
* Gheytarieh
* Gholhak
* Jamaran
* Jordan
* Kamranieh
* Mahmoodieh
* Mehran
* Niavaran
* Pasdaran
* Shemiran
* Tajrish
* Vanak
* Valiasr
* Velenjak
* Zafaraniyeh

West|

* Ekbatan
* Apadana Complex
* Bagh Feiz
* Farahzad
* Gisha
* Jannat Abad
* Punak
* Sa'adat Abad
* Sadeghiyeh
* Shahrak-e Gharb
* Shahran
* Shahrara
* Shahr-e ziba
* Tarasht
* Tehransar

Central|

* Abbas Abad
* Amir Abad
* Baharestan
* Enqelab Street
* Bazar
* Hasan Abad
* Jomhuri
* Keshavarz Boulevard
* Park-e Shahr
* Seyed Khandan
* Toopkhaneh
* Yusef Abad

East|

* Afsariyeh
* Lavizan
* Narmak
* Tehranpars
* Tehranno
* Piroozi

South|

* Khorasan
* Gomrok
* Javadiyeh
* Khavaran
* Navvab
* Nazi Abad
* Rey
* Yaft Abad

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