Zanjan Province
Persian: استان زنجان | |
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![]() Location of Zanjan Province within Iran | |
Coordinates: 36°24′N 48°17′E / 36.400°N 48.283°E[1] | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Region 3 |
Capital | Zanjan |
Counties | 8 |
Government | |
• Governor-general | Mohsen Afsharchi |
• MP of Assembly of Experts | Mohammad Reza Doulabi |
• Representative of the Supreme Leader | Ali Khatami |
Area | |
• Total | 21,773 km2 (8,407 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 1,057,461 |
• Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
Main language(s) | Persian (official) local languages: Azerbaijani (Majority) Tati [3] |
HDI (2017) | 0.771[4] high · 23rd |
Zanjan province (Persian: استان زنجان)[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Zanjan.[5] It is a mountainous province with close to 22,000 km2 of land placed in Iran's Region 3. Two-thirds of the people of the province live in the cities, mainly the capital and Abhar.[2]
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