Golestan province

Golestan Province

Persian: استان گلستان
Golestan Province Persian: استان گلستان
Province
	Gonbad-e Qavus tower
	Location of Golestan Province within Iran
	Coordinates: 37°20′N 55°09′E / 37.333°N 55.150°E
Country	Iran
Region	Region 1
Capital	Gorgan
Counties	14
Government
• Governor-general	Ali-Mohammad Zanganeh
• MPs of Assembly of Experts	Seyed Abdol Hadi Hosseini Shahroudi ; Kazem Nourmofidi
• Representative of the Supreme Leader	Kazem Nourmofidi
Area
• Total	20,367 km2 (7,864 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	1,868,819
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+03:30 (IRST)
Area code	017
Main language(s)	Persian Mazandarani ; Turkmen;
HDI (2017)	0.778; high · 20th
Website	http://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]

^ ^a ^b "استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند". hamshahrionline.ir. 22 June 2014. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
^ OpenStreetMap contributors (22 May 2024). "Golestan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
^ 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
^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference hamshahrionline.ir was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ "Golestan Province establishment law". Lamtakam (in Persian). Guardian Council. 16 September 1376. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
^ سال, سایت خبری تحلیلی شعار. "اقوام ساکن در استان گلستان". fa.
^ "Golestan". iranrahno.com. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

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[ReferenceA-1] "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 (in Persian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.

[3] ttp://www.sci.org.ir/content/userfiles/_sci_en/sci_en/sel/year85/f1/CS_01_4.HTM ^{[permanent dead link]} Iranian Statistical Yearbook 1385

[2016_census-4] Cite error: The named reference 2016 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[hamshahrionline.ir-5] Cite error: The named reference hamshahrionline.ir was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[GlobalDataLab-6] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[Golestan_Province-8] "Golestan Province establishment law". Lamtakam (in Persian). Guardian Council. 16 September 1376. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.

[9] سال, سایت خبری تحلیلی شعار. "اقوام ساکن در استان گلستان". fa.

[10] "Golestan". iranrahno.com. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

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