Golestan province

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Golestan Province
Persian: استان گلستان
Province
Gonbad-e Qavus tower
Gonbad-e Qavus tower
Location of Golestan Province within Iran
Location of Golestan Province within Iran
Coordinates: 37°20′N 55°09′E / 37.333°N 55.150°E / 37.333; 55.150[2]
CountryIran
RegionRegion 1[1]
CapitalGorgan
Counties14
Government
 • Governor-generalAli-Mohammad Zanganeh
 • MPs of Assembly of ExpertsSeyed Abdol Hadi Hosseini Shahroudi
Kazem Nourmofidi
 • Representative of the Supreme LeaderKazem Nourmofidi
Area
[3]
 • Total20,367 km2 (7,864 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[4]
 • Total1,868,819
 • Density92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Area code017
Main language(s)Persian Mazandarani
Turkmen
[5]
HDI (2017)0.778[6]
high · 20th
Websitehttp://golestanp.ir/

Golestan Province (Persian: استان گلستان)[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the northeast of the country and southeast of the Caspian Sea. Its capital is the city of Gorgan,[7] formerly called Esterabad until 1937. Golestan was split off from Mazandaran Province in 1997.

The province was made a part of Region 1 upon the division of the provinces into 5 regions, solely for coordination and development purposes, on 22 June 2014.[1] Majority of its population are Sunni Muslims.[8][9]

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province's population was 1,593,055 in 379,354 households.[10] The following census in 2011 showed an increase in population to 1,777,014 in 482,842 households.[11] At the most recent census conducted in 2016, the population had risen to 1,868,819 in 550,249 households.[4]

  1. ^ a b "استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند". hamshahrionline.ir. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  2. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (22 May 2024). "Golestan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  3. ^ http://www.sci.org.ir/content/userfiles/_sci_en/sci_en/sel/year85/f1/CS_01_4.HTM [permanent dead link] Iranian Statistical Yearbook 1385
  4. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 27. Archived from the original (Excel) on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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  6. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Golestan Province establishment law". Lamtakam (in Persian). Guardian Council. 16 September 1376. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  8. ^ سال, سایت خبری تحلیلی شعار. "اقوام ساکن در استان گلستان". fa.
  9. ^ "Golestan". iranrahno.com. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 27. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  11. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 27. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.


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