Provinces of Iran facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Provinces of Iranاستانهای ایران (Persian) |
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| Also known as: Province استان |
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| Category | Unitary state |
| Location | Iran |
| Number | 31 |
| Populations | 557,599 (Ilam Province) – 12,183,391 (Tehran) |
| Areas | 5,833 km2 (2,252 sq mi) (Alborz) – 183,285 km2 (70,767 sq mi) (Kerman Province) |
| Government | Provincial government (National government) |
| Subdivisions | County |
Iran is divided into 30 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.
Information
The following is a table with information on the provinces of Iran:
| Province | Capital | Area(km²) | Population | Density (people/km²) |
Shahrestans |
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| Ardabil | Ardabil | 17,800 | 1,257,624 | 70.7 | 9 |
| Azarbaijan, East | Tabriz | 45,650 | 3,500,183 | 76.7 | 19 |
| Azarbaijan, West | Urmia | 37,437 | 2,949,426 | 78.8 | 14 |
| Bushehr | Bushehr | 22,743 | 816,115 | 35.9 | 9 |
| Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari | 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 | Gorgan | 20,195 | 1,637,063 | 81.1 | 11 |
| Hamadan | Hamadan | 19,368 | 1,738,772 | 89.8 | 8 |
| Hormozgan | Bandar Abbas | 70,669 | 1,314,667 | 18.6 | 11 |
| Ilam | Ilam | 20,133 | 545,093 | 27.1 | 7 |
| Isfahan | Isfahan | 107,029 | 4,454,595 | 41.6 | 21 |
| Kerman | Kerman | 180,836 | 2,432,927 | 13.5 | 14 |
| Kermanshah | Kermanshah | 24,998 | 1,938,060 | 77.5 | 13 |
| Khorasan, North | Bojnourd | 28,434 | 786,918 | 27.7 | 6 |
| Khorasan, Razavi | Mashhad | 144,681 | 5,202,770 | 36.0 | 19 |
| Khorasan, South | Birjand | 69,555 | 510,218 | 7.3 | 4 |
| Khuzestan | Ahvaz | 64,055 | 4,345,607 | 67.8 | 18 |
| Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad | Yasuj | 15,504 | 695,099 | 44.8 | 5 |
| Kurdistan | Sanandaj | 29,137 | 1,574,118 | 54.0 | 9 |
| Lorestan | Khorramabad | 28,294 | 1,758,628 | 62.2 | 9 |
| Markazi | Arak | 29,130 | 1,361,394 | 46.7 | 10 |
| Mazandaran | Sari | 23,701 | 2,818,831 | 118.9 | 15 |
| Qazvin | Qazvin | 15,549 | 1,166,861 | 75.0 | 5 |
| Qom | Qom | 11,526 | 1,064,456 | 92.4 | 1 |
| Semnan | Semnan | 97,491 | 589,512 | 6.0 | 4 |
| Sistan and Baluchistan | Zahedan | 181,785 | 2,290,076 | 12.6 | 8 |
| Tehran | Tehran | 18,814 | 12,150,742 | 645.8 | 13 |
| Yazd | Yazd | 129,285 | 958,318 | 7.4 | 10 |
| Zanjan | Zanjan | 21,773 | 970,946 | 44.6 | 7 |
| Iran | Tehran | 1,628,554 | 68,467,413 | 42.0 | 324 |
Images for kids
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See also
In Spanish: Anexo:Provincias de Irán para niños
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