Qom province

Qom Province استان قم
Province
Location of Qom within Iran
Coordinates: 34.6456°N 50.8798°E / 34.6456; 50.8798
Country	Iran
Capital	Qom
Counties	1
Area
• Total	11,526 km2 (4,450 sq mi)
Population  (2005)
• Total	1,064,456
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+03:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+04:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)	Persian Shahsevens Qomi

Qom is one of the 30 provinces of Iran with an area of 11,237 square kilometres (4,339 square miles). About 2 million people live in the Qom Province. The capital of the province is Qom.

Sights

The following lists some of the sights of the Qom Province of Iran that are the most visited:

• Kahak Cave
• Vashnuh Cave
• Howz e Soltan Salt Lake
• Namak Great Salt Lake
• Mar'ashi Najafi Library, with over 500,000 handwritten texts and copies.
• Astaneh Moqaddaseh Museum
• Qom Bazaar
• Feyzieh Seminary
• Jamkaran Mosque
• Qom Jame' Mosque
• Qom Atiq Mosque
• A'zam Mosque
• Shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh