Provinces of Iran

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Iran is divided into 31 provinces (Persian: استان ostān, plural استان‌ها ostānhā). Each is ruled from a local center. These local centers can usually be found in the biggest local city, called the capital (Persian: مرکز markaz) of that province.

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The following is a table with information on the provinces of Iran:

Province Capital Area(km²)[1] Population[2] Density
(people/km²) 		Shahrestans
Alborz[3] Karaj 5,833 2,712,400 413.6 4
Ardabil[4] Ardabil 17,800 1,257,624 70.7 9
Azarbaijan, East Tabriz 45,650 3,500,183 76.7 19
Azarbaijan, West Urmia[5] 37,437 2,949,426 78.8 14
Bushehr[6] Bushehr 22,743 816,115 35.9 9
Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari[7] Shahrekord 16,332 842,002 51.6 6
Fars Shiraz 122,608 4,385,869 35.8 23
Guilan Rasht 14,042 2,410,523 171.7 16
Golestan[8] Gorgan 20,195 1,637,063 81.1 11
Hamadan[9] Hamadan 19,368 1,738,772 89.8 8
Hormozgan[10][11] Bandar Abbas 70,669 1,314,667 18.6 11
Ilam[9] Ilam 20,133 545,093 27.1 7
Isfahan[12] Isfahan 107,029 4,454,595 41.6 21
Kerman Kerman 180,836 2,432,927 13.5 14
Kermanshah[13] Kermanshah[13] 24,998 1,938,060 77.5 13
Khorasan, North[14] Bojnourd 28,434 786,918 27.7 6
Khorasan, Razavi[14] Mashhad 144,681 5,202,770 36.0 19
Khorasan, South[14] Birjand 69,555 510,218 7.3 4
Khuzestan Ahvaz 64,055 4,345,607 67.8 18
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad[15][16] Yasuj 15,504 695,099 44.8 5
Kurdistan[17] Sanandaj 29,137 1,574,118 54.0 9
Lorestan[15] Khorramabad 28,294 1,758,628 62.2 9
Markazi[18][12] Arak 29,130 1,361,394 46.7 10
Mazandaran Sari 23,701 2,818,831 118.9 15
Qazvin[19] Qazvin 15,549 1,166,861 75.0 5
Qom[20] Qom 11,526 1,064,456 92.4 1
Semnan[18][12] Semnan 97,491 589,512 6.0 4
Sistan and Baluchistan[21] Zahedan 181,785 2,290,076 12.6 8
Tehran[22] Tehran 18,814 12,150,742 645.8 13
Yazd[7][23] Yazd 129,285 958,318 7.4 10
Zanjan[17][12] Zanjan 21,773 970,946 44.6 7
Iran Tehran 1,628,554 68,467,413 42.0 324

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  1. ↑ Statistical Centre, Government of Iran. ""General Characteristics of Ostans according to their administrative divisions at the end of 1383 (2005 CE)"". Retrieved 2006-04-30.
  2. ↑ Statistical Centre, Government of Iran. ""Population estimation by urban and rural areas, 2005"". Retrieved 2006-04-30.
  3. ↑ Until 23 June 2010, Alborz was part of Tehran province.
  4. ↑ Until 1993, Ardabil was part of East Azarbaijan province.
  5. ↑ Until 1979, the city was known as Rezaiyeh.
  6. ↑ Originally part of Fars province. Until 1977, the province was known as Khalij-e Fars (Persian Gulf).
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Originally part of Isfahan province.
  8. ↑ On 1997-05-31, the shahrestans of Aliabad, Gonbad-e-kavus, Gorgan, Kordkuy, Minudasht, and Torkaman were separated from Mazandaran province to form Golestan province.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Originally part of Kermanshah province.
  10. ↑ Originally part of Kerman province. Until 1977, the province was known as Banader va Jazayer-e Bahr-e Oman (Ports and Islands of the Sea of Oman).
  11. ↑ Hormozgan includes several islands such as Qeshm, Lavan, Kish and Hormoz as well as Abu Musa island which is jointly administered by Iran and the United Arab Emirates.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 In 1986, some parts of Markazi province were transferred to Isfahan, Semnan, and Zanjan provinces.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Between 1979 and 1995 Kermanshah province and its capital, were both known as Bakhtaran.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 On 2004-09-29, Khorasan was divided into three provinces. North Khorasan; Razavi Khorasan; South Khorasan.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Originally part of Khuzestan province.
  16. ↑ Until 1990, the province was known as Bovir Ahmadi and Kohkiluyeh.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Originally part of Gilan province.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Originally part of Mazandaran province.
  19. ↑ On 1996-12-31, the shahrestans of Qazvin and Takestan were separated from Zanjan province to form the province of Qazvin.
  20. ↑ Until 1995, Qom was a shahrestan of Tehran province.
  21. ↑ Until 1986, the province was known as Baluchestan and Sistan.
  22. ↑ Until 1986, Tehran was part of Markazi province.
  23. ↑ In 1986, part of Kerman province was transferred to Yazd province. In 2002, Tabas shahrestan (area: 55,344 km²) was transferred from Khorasan province to Yazd.

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