Razavi Khorasan Province
Persian: استان خراسان رضوی | |
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Coordinates: 35°47′N 58°42′E / 35.783°N 58.700°E[1] | |
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 | 3,211 m (10,535 ft) |
Lowest elevation (Sarakhs) | 299 m (981 ft) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 6,434,501 |
• Estimate (2020) | 6,871,000[2] |
• 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[4] 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.[5] Central 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.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province had a population of 5,515,980 in 1,426,187 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 5,994,402 people in 1,716,314 households.[8] At the latest census conducted in 2016, the population had risen to 6,434,501 in 1,938,703 households.[3]
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