East Azerbaijan province

East Azerbaijan Province
Persian: استان آذربایجان شرقی
Map of Iran with East Azerbaijan highlighted
Location of East Azerbaijan Province within Iran
Coordinates: 38°05′N 46°46′E / 38.083°N 46.767°E / 38.083; 46.767[1]
Country Iran
RegionRegion 3
CapitalTabriz
Counties23
Government
 • Governor-generalTorab Mohammadi (Acting)
 • MPs of ParliamentEast Azerbaijan province parliamentary districts
 • MPs of Assembly of Experts1 Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari
2 Mohammad Taghi Pourmohammadi
3 Ali Malakouti
4 Mohammad Feyz Sarabi
5 Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi
 • Representative of the Supreme LeaderVacant
Area
 • Total45,650 km2 (17,630 sq mi)
Population
 (2016 Census)[2]
 • Total3,909,652
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
ISO 3166 codeIR-03
Main language(s)Persian (official)
local languages:
Azerbaijani
HDI (2017)0.785[3]
high · 17th

East Azerbaijan province (Persian: استان آذربایجان شرقی)[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Tabriz.[4]

The province is located in Iranian Azerbaijan, bordering Armenia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ardabil province, West Azerbaijan province, and Zanjan province. East Azerbaijan is in Region 3 of Iran, with its secretariat located in its capital city, Tabriz.[5]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (22 May 2024). "East Azerbaijan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 22 May 2024.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 2016 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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". Qavanin (in Persian). Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 23 October 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  5. ^ "همشهری آنلاین-استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند (Provinces were divided into 5 regions) (1 Tir 1393, Jalaali)". Hamshahri Online (in Persian). 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.


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