Lorestan province

Not to be confused with Larestan.

Lorestan Province
Persian: استان لرستان
Province
Location of Lorestan Province within Iran
Location of Lorestan Province within Iran
Coordinates: 33°34′N 48°24′E / 33.567°N 48.400°E / 33.567; 48.400[1]
CountryIran
RegionRegion 4
CapitalKhorramabad
Counties11
Government
 • Governor-generalAboutaleb Shafeghat
 • MPs of Assembly of ExpertsAhmad Moballeghi and
Hashem Niazi
 • Representative of the Supreme LeaderSeyyed Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi
Area
 • Total28,294 km2 (10,924 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total1,760,649
 • Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Demonymلرستانی (Lorestani)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)Luri, Laki (Kurdish)
HDI (2017)0.779[3]
high · 19th

Lorestan Province (Persian: استان لرستان)[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Khorramabad.[6] It is in the western part of the country in the Zagros Mountains and covers an area of 28,392 km2.

At the time of the National Census in 2006, the province had a population of 1,689,650 in 382,805 households.[7] The 2011 national census counted 1,754,243 residents in 462,260 households.[8] In 2014 it was placed in Region 4.[9] At the most recent census in 2016, the population of Lorestan province had risen to 1,760,649 inhabitants in 509,025 households.[2]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (24 May 2024). "Lorestan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 15. Archived from the original (Excel) on 12 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Archived from the original on 23 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ^ "استانداری لرستان" (in Persian). Archived from the original on 29 November 2020. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Luristan (Lorestan) Province". Iran Visitor. Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country divisions of Lorestan province, centered in the city of Khorramabad". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Political and Defense Commission of the Government Board. 21 June 1369. Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 15. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 15. Archived from the original (Excel) on 19 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  9. ^ 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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