Golestan Province
Persian: استان گلستان | |
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![]() Location of Golestan Province within Iran | |
Coordinates: 37°20′N 55°09′E / 37.333°N 55.150°E[2] | |
Country | Iran |
Region | Region 1[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)[4] | |
• 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 [5] |
HDI (2017) | 0.778[6] 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]
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