Razavi Khorasan province

Razavi Khorasan Province
Persian: استان خراسان رضوی
From top to bottom and from left to right: Mashhad, Nishapur, Kalat, Chenaran, Sabzevar, Sarakhs, and Kashmar
Location of Khorasan-e Razavi Province within Iran
Location of Khorasan-e Razavi Province within Iran
Coordinates: 35°47′N 58°42′E / 35.783°N 58.700°E / 35.783; 58.700[1]
CountryIran
RegionRegion 5
CapitalMashhad
Counties34
Government
 • Governor-generalYaghob-Ali Nazari
 • MPs of Assembly of Experts1 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 LeaderAhmad Alamolhoda
Area
 • Total118,884 km2 (45,901 sq mi)
Highest elevation3,211 m (10,535 ft)
Lowest elevation299 m (981 ft)
Population
 (2016)[3]
 • Total6,434,501
 • Estimate 
(2020)
6,871,000[2]
 • Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
DemonymKhorasani (Persian: خراسانی)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Area code051
ISO 3166 codeIR-09
Main language(s)Persian
HDI (2017)0.781[4]
high · 19th
Websitehttp://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]

  1. ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (24 May 2024). "Razavi Khorasan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. ^ "جمعیت". amar.org.ir.
  3. ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  5. ^ 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". Islamic Parliament Research Center (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  6. ^ "همشهری آنلاین-استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند (Provinces were divided into 5 regions)". Hamshahri Online (in Persian). 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 09. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.


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