Zanjan Province
Persian: استان زنجان | |
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 Location of Zanjan Province within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 36°24′N 48°17′E / 36.400°N 48.283°E[1] | |
| Country |  Iran |
| Region | Region 3 |
| Capital | Zanjan |
| Counties | 8 |
| Government | |
| • Governor-general | Mohsen Afsharchi |
| • Representative of the Supreme Leader | Ali Khatami |
| Area | |
| • Total | 21,773 km2 (8,407 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
| • Total | 1,057,461 |
| • Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| Main language(s) | Persian (official) local languages: Azerbaijani (Majority) Tati [3] |
| HDI (2017) | 0.771[4] high · 23rd |
Zanjan province (Persian: استان زنجان)[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Zanjan.[5] It is a mountainous province with close to 22,000 km2 of land placed in Iran's Region 3. Two-thirds of the people of the province live in the cities, mainly the capital and Abhar.
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (9 September 2024). "Zanjan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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- ^ Habibi, Hassan (c. 2023) [Approved 7 July 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of the national divisions of Zanjan province, centered in Zanjan city. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Notification 82844/T141K. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.
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