Markazi province

Markazi Province

(مادستان)استان مرکزی
Markazi Province (مادستان)استان مرکزی
Province
	A view of Amingholamali Saveh Jamee mosque
	Location of Markazi province in Iran
	Coordinates: 34°05′43″N 49°41′27″E / 34.0954°N 49.6909°E
Country	Iran
Region	Region 4
Capital	Arak
Counties	12
Government
• Governor-general	Farzad Mokhlesolaemeh
• MPs of Assembly of Experts	Ahmad Mohseni Garakani and ; Mohsen Araki
• Representative of the Supreme Leader	Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi
Area
• Total	29,127 km2 (11,246 sq mi)
Population (2016)
• Total	1,429,475
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+03:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)	Persian
HDI (2018)	0.791; high · 15th

Markazi Province (Persian: استان مرکزی, Ostān-e Markazi) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. The word markazi means "central" in Persian and the province lies in central Iran. The capital of the province is the city of Arak. At the time of the National Census of 2006, the province had a population of 1,326,826 in 364,155 households.^[3] The following census in 2011 counted 1,413,959 people in 426,613 households.^[4] In 2014 it was placed in Region 4.^[5] At the most recent census in 2016, the population had increased to 1,429,475 in 455,866 households.^[1] Persians make up the majority of the province,^[5] but there are significant minorities of Azerbaijanis, Kurds, Lurs, etc.^[6]

The present borders of the province date to 1977, when the province was split into the current Markazi and Tehran province, with portions being annexed by Isfahan province, Semnan province, and Zanjan province.

^ ^a ^b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 00. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 00. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 00. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "همشهری آنلاین-استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند (Provinces were divided into 5 regions)". Hamshahri Online (in Persian). June 23, 2014. Archived from the original on June 23, 2014.
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[2016_census-1] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 00. Archived from the original (Excel) on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[GlobalDataLab-2] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

[2006_census-3] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 00. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.

[2011_census-4] "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel). Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 00. Retrieved 19 December 2022.

[:0-5] "همشهری آنلاین-استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند (Provinces were divided into 5 regions)". Hamshahri Online (in Persian). June 23, 2014. Archived from the original on June 23, 2014.

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