Kurdistan Province
Persian: استان کردستان | |
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استان کردستان | |
Coordinates: 35°35′N 46°53′E / 35.583°N 46.883°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Region | Region 3 |
Capital | Sanandaj |
Counties | 10 |
Government | |
• Governor-general | Esmaeil Zarei Kousha |
• MPs of Assembly of Experts | Faegh Rostami and Eghbal Bahmani |
• Representative of the Supreme Leader | Abdolreza Pourzahabi |
Area | |
• Total | 29,137 km2 (11,250 sq mi) |
Population (2015)[2] | |
• Total | 1,603,011 |
• Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
Main language(s) | Persian (official) local languages:[3] Ardalan languages Kurdish |
HDI (2017) | 0.743[4] high · 30th |
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 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.
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