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South Khorasan Province
Persian: استان خراسان جنوبی | |
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 Location of South Khorasan Province within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 32°48′N 58°11′E / 32.800°N 58.183°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Region | Region 5 |
| Capital | Birjand |
| Counties | 11 |
| Government | |
| • Governor-general | Javad Ghenaat |
| • MPs of Assembly of Experts | Ebrahim Raisi |
| • Representative of the Supreme Leader | Seyyed Ali Reza Ebadi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 151,913 km2 (58,654 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
| • Total | 768,898 |
| • Density | 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IR-29 |
| Main language(s) | Persian |
| HDI (2017) | 0.757[3] high · 27th |
| Website | sko.ir |
South Khorasan Province (Persian: استان خراسان جنوبی)[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the eastern part of the country. Its capital is the city of Birjand.[4]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province had a population of 600,568 in 159,255 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 662,534 people in 183,114 households.[6] In 2014, it was placed in Region 5.[7] At the most recent census in 2016, the population of South Khorasan province had risen to 768,898 in 223,984 households.[2]
This new province, is but the old Quhistan which was included into greater Khorasan in the Iranian administrative planning. However, historically Qohistan forms a separate entity, with a distinct culture, history, environment and ecology.
South Khorasan is one of the three provinces that were created after the division of Khorasan in 2004. While at the beginning, the newly created "South Khorasan" included only Birjand County and some new counties detached from that county (i.e. Nehbandan, Darmian and Sarbisheh), in subsequent years, all northern and western cities and territories of the old Quhistan (such as Qaen, Ferdows and Tabas) have been annexed into South Khorasan, which as of 2016 consists of 11 counties.
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (24 May 2024). "South Khorasan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 29. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "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". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Archived from the original on 27 December 2023. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 29. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 29. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "همشهری آنلاین-استانهای کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند (Provinces were divided into 5 regions)". Hamshahri Online (in Persian). 22 June 2014 [1 Tir 1393, Jalaali]. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.
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