Zanjan province

Zanjan Province

Persian: استان زنجان
Zanjan Province Persian: استان زنجان
Province
	Location of Zanjan Province within Iran
	Coordinates: 36°24′N 48°17′E / 36.400°N 48.283°E
Country	Iran
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)
• 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;
HDI (2017)	0.771; 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]

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the population of the province was 942,818 in 235,771 households.^[6] The following census in 2011 counted 1,015,734 inhabitants living in 286,806 households.^[7] At the most recent census of 2016, the population had increased to 1,057,461 in 321,983 households.^[2]

^ OpenStreetMap contributors (25 May 2024). "Zanjan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 19. Archived from the original (Excel) on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ Cite error: The named reference auto was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
^ Habibi, Hassan (7 July 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of country divisions of Zanjan Province, centered in Zanjan city". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 19. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 19. Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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[1] OpenStreetMap contributors (25 May 2024). "Zanjan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 25 May 2024.

[2016_census-2] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 19. Archived from the original (Excel) on 27 April 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[auto-3] Cite error: The named reference auto was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[GlobalDataLab-4] "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.

[Zanjan_Province-6] Habibi, Hassan (7 July 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of elements and units of country divisions of Zanjan Province, centered in Zanjan city". Lamtakam (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Council of Ministers. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[2006_census-7] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 19. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2011_census-8] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 19. Archived from the original (Excel) on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

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