Ardabil province

Ardabil Province
Persian: استان اردبیل
Map of Iran with Ardabil Province highlighted
Location of Ardabil Province within Iran
Coordinates: 38°26′N 48°06′E / 38.433°N 48.100°E / 38.433; 48.100[1]
CountryIran
RegionRegion 3
CapitalArdabil
Counties12
Government
 • Governor-generalHamed Ameli
 • MPs of Assembly of ExpertsHassan Ameli and Fakhreddin Mousavi
 • Representative of the Supreme LeaderHassan Ameli
Area
 • Total17,800 km2 (6,900 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total1,270,420
 • Density71/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)Persian (official)
local languages:
Azerbaijani
Tati
Talysh
HDI (2017)0.756[3]
high · 28th

Ardabil Province (Persian: استان اردبیل) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Ardabil.[4] The province is in the northwest of the country, in Region 3, bordering the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the Iranian provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan, and Gilan.[5] Spanning an area of 18,011 km2, and established in 1993, Ardabil was carved out of the eastern part of East Azerbaijan Province.

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province had a population of 1,209,968 in 281,433 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 1,248,488 people in 337,943 households.[7] According to the census of 2016, the population of Ardabil province had risen to 1,270,420 inhabitants in 377,423 households.[2]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (22 May 2024). "Ardabil Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 24. Archived from the original (Excel) on 22 March 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. ^ Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the country's divisions of East Azerbaijan Province, centered in the city of Tabriz". Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 24. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 24. Archived from the original (Excel) on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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