Tehran Population and Housing Census to Begin November 1

Head of the Tehran Province Management and Planning Organization, stressing the importance of coordination among executive agencies, governorates, and municipalities in implementing the general population and housing census, said the census process will begin November 1 and continue for about one month.

The head of the management and planning organization of Tehran province, emphasizing the importance of coordination between the executive bodies, governorates and municipalities in the implementation of the general population and housing census, said: the census process will begin on the first of November and will continue for about a month.

According to the report of Ambassador Arjan, Hossein Sepehri was speaking at the meeting of the general population and housing census headquarters of Tehran province, he stated: This year's census will be conducted for the first time using the registration-based method, and in this method administrative statistical data and information from the systems of executive bodies will be used.

Ambassador Arjan wrote in a news: He considered this method as a development in the country's statistical system and said: Compared to the traditional ten-year census, registration-based census can increase productivity, save costs, and help in the development of electronic government, improve the security and quality of data, and the integrity of statistical information.

Referring to the fact that about 20% of the country's population lives in this province, the head of the Tehran province administration and planning organization considered the implementation of the census in Tehran more difficult due to the size of the population and emphasized the need to use all capacities.

According to Sepehri, the cooperation of executive bodies, especially those that have effective systems based on registration census, is necessary.

According to the report of the Management and Planning Organization of Tehran Province, he also emphasized the role of governors, mayors, district administrations and rural districts in the implementation of this process.

Stating that the city headquarters have been formed, he assessed the implementation process up to this stage as good and expressed hope that Tehran province will complete the census within the stipulated deadline and become a successful model in the implementation of registration-based census.