A Survey of Primacy City in Iran in 1385: Policies and Territory

Cities are playing important role in population distribution and economic development. Policies which change urban system can create new pattern for economic development of space. According to the important role of city development, the main cause of attention to primacy city subject is placing the cities as instrument in hand of statements. In this paper the primary city in Iran, with urban hierarchical pattern is considered and investigated and finally compared with the year 1385. The method used in this research was descriptive analytic. The main goals were: 1) studying primary city measures in 1385, 2) Comparing primary city in 1385 urban hierarchical pattern in a half century from 1335 to 1385, 3) Determining effective factors on primacy city phenomena in Iran.Findings indicate that the primacy city in Iran, is a result of industry and capital agglomeration, due to political agglomeration and geographical characteristic (territory).