Razavi Khorasan province

Razavi Khorasan Province

Persian: استان خراسان رضوی
Razavi Khorasan Province Persian: استان خراسان رضوی
Province
	From top to bottom and from left to right: Mashhad, Nishapur, Kalat, Chenaran, Sabzevar, Sarakhs, and Kashmar
	Location of Khorasan-e Razavi Province within Iran
	Coordinates: 35°47′N 58°42′E / 35.783°N 58.700°E
Country	Iran
Region	Region 5
Capital	Mashhad
Counties	34
Government
• Governor-general	Yaghob-Ali Nazari
• MPs of Assembly of Experts	1 Hassan Alemi ; 2 Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei ; 3 Taqi Yazdi ; 4 Ahmad Alamolhoda ; 5 Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani ; 6 Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi ; 7 Mohammad-Reza Modarresi Yazdi ; 8 Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini
• Representative of the Supreme Leader	Ahmad Alamolhoda
Area
• Total	118,884 km2 (45,901 sq mi)
Highest elevation (Mount Binalud)	3,211 m (10,535 ft)
Lowest elevation (Sarakhs)	299 m (981 ft)
Population (2016)
• Total	6,434,501
• Estimate (2020)	6,871,000
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Demonym	Khorasani (Persian: خراسانی)
Time zone	UTC+03:30 (IRST)
Area code	051
ISO 3166 code	IR-09
Main language(s)	Persian
HDI (2017)	0.781; high · 19th
Website	http://ostandari.khorasan.ir/

Razavi Khorasan province (Persian: استان خراسان رضوی)^[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in northeastern Iran. Its capital is the city of Mashhad, the second-most-populous city in Iran. ^[5]

Razavi Khorasan is one of the three provinces that were created after the division of Khorasan Province in 2004. In 2014, it was placed in Region 5^[6] with Mashhad as the location of the region's secretariat.

^ OpenStreetMap contributors (24 May 2024). "Razavi Khorasan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 24 May 2024.
^ "جمعیت". amar.org.ir.
^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Khorasan province, centered in Mashhad". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
^ "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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[1] OpenStreetMap contributors (24 May 2024). "Razavi Khorasan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 24 May 2024.

[2] "جمعیت". amar.org.ir.

[2016_census-3] Cite error: The named reference 2016 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[GlobalDataLab-4] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[Khorasan_Province_Structure_2-6] Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the divisions of Khorasan province, centered in Mashhad". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2024.

[7] "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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