Kurdistan province

For other uses of "Kurdistan", see Kurdistan (disambiguation).

Kurdistan province
Persian: استان کردستان
Province
استان کردستان
Miyane village
Miyane village
Map of Iran with Kurdistan Province highlighted
Location of Kurdistan Province within Iran
Coordinates: 35°35′N 46°53′E / 35.583°N 46.883°E / 35.583; 46.883[1]
CountryIran
RegionRegion 3
CapitalSanandaj
Counties10
Government
 • Governor-generalArash Zarehtan Lahoni
Area
 • Total
29,137 km2 (11,250 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)[2]
 • Total
1,603,011
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)Persian (official)
local languages:[3]
Ardalan languages
Kurdish
HDI (2017)0.743[4]
high · 30th
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Kurdistan province (Persian: استان کردستان)[a] is one of 31 provinces of Iran. The province is 28,817 km2 in area and its capital is the city of Sanandaj.[7]

Kurdistan province is located in the west of Iran, in Region 3. It borders the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to the west, and the Iranian provinces of West Azerbaijan to the north, Zanjan to the northeast, Hamadan to the east, and Kermanshah to the south.[8] It exists within both Iranian Kurdistan and Kurdistan.

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (24 May 2024). "Kurdistan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ^ "ئەنجوومەنی دادوەری ئێران بەدواداچوون بۆ دۆسیەی گەندەڵی لە پارێزگای کوردستان دەکات". Naskurd (in Kurdish). Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Parêzgeha Kurdistanê qaremana pêşbirkên werzişên zorxaneyî yên Îranê". Sahar. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
  7. ^ Habibi, Hassan (12 September 1990). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Kurdistan province, centered in the city of Sanandaj". Islamic Parliament Research Center of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  8. ^ "همشهری آنلاین-استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند (Provinces were divided into 5 regions)". Hamshahri Online (in Persian). 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.


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