Ardabil province

Not to be confused with Ardabil County.
For the city, see Ardabil.

Ardabil Province
Persian: استان اردبیل
Province
Map of Iran with Ardabil Province highlighted
Location of Ardabil province within Iran
Coordinates: 38°26′N 48°06′E / 38.433°N 48.100°E / 38.433; 48.100[1]
CountryIran
RegionRegion 3
CapitalArdabil
Counties12
Government
 • Governor-generalMasoud Emami Yeganeh
Area
 • Total
17,800 km2 (6,900 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
1,270,420
 • Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)Persian (official)
local languages:
Azerbaijani
Tati
Talysh
HDI (2017)0.756[3]
high · 28th
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Ardabil province (Persian: استان اردبیل) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Ardabil.[4] The province is in the northwest of the country, in Region 3, bordering the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the Iranian provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan, and Gilan.[5] Spanning an area of 18,011 km2, and established in 1993, Ardabil was carved out of the eastern part of East Azerbaijan Province.

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (22 August 2024). "Ardabil Province" (Map). openstreetmap.org (OpenStreetMap) (in Persian). Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 Ardabil Province was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan (c. 2021) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of East Azerbaijan province, centered in the city of Tabriz. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Resolution 93808/T907. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2024 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  5. ^ "همشهری آنلاین-استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند (Provinces were divided into 5 regions)". Hamshahri Online (in Persian). 22 June 2014 [1 Tir 1393, Jalaali]. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.