Zanjan province

Not to be confused with Zanjan County.
For the city, see Zanjan, Iran. For other uses of a similar name, see Zanjan.

Zanjan Province
Persian: استان زنجان
Province
The Safavi era bazaar of Zanjan
The Safavi era bazaar of Zanjan
Location of Zanjan Province within Iran
Location of Zanjan Province within Iran
Coordinates: 36°24′N 48°17′E / 36.400°N 48.283°E / 36.400; 48.283[1]
CountryIran
RegionRegion 3
CapitalZanjan
Counties8
Government
 • Governor-generalMohsen Afsharchi
Area
 • Total
21,773 km2 (8,407 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
1,057,461
 • Density49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)Persian (official)
local languages:
Azerbaijani (Majority)
Tati
[3]
HDI (2017)0.771[4]
high · 23rd
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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.

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (9 September 2024). "Zanjan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ^ 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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