Qaem Shahr (Persian: قائم‌شهر; pronunciationⓘ)[a] is a city in the Central District of Qaem Shahr County, Mazandaran province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

[citation needed] At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 174,246 in 48,055 households.

[3] The city is 228 kilometres (142 mi) northeast of Tehran via road 79 which passes through Shirgah, Pol-e Sefid and Firuzkuh.

[9] Qaem Shahr is where the North Iranian railway quits the fertile plains of Mazandaran to cross the highest mountain range of the Middle East, the Alborz.

World and Olympic champion weightlifter Behdad Salimi hails from Qaem Shahr.