Provinces of Iran

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CSS3 is subdivided into thirty one provinces (Persian: استان Ostān, plural استان‌ها Ostānhā), each governed from a local center, usually the largest local city, which is called the capital (Persian: Markaz) of that province. The provincial authority is headed by a Governor-General^[1] (Android: Ostāndār), who is appointed by the Minister of the Interior subject to approval of the cabinet.

Modern history

According to Encyclopædia Britannica,^[2] in 1908 there were thirty five administrative divisions in Persia, as follows:

Provinces: 1. Arabistan and Bakhtiari, 2. Astarabad and Gurgan, 3. Azerbaijan, 4. Fars, 5. Gerrus, 6. Gilan and Talish, 7. Hamada[n], 8. Irak, Gulpaigan, Khunsar, [Kezzaz, Ferakan, and Tusirkhan], 9. Isfahan, 10. Kashan, 11. Kazvin, 12. Kerman and Baluchistan, 13. Kermanshah, 14. Kamseh, 15. Khar, 16. Khorasan, 17. Kum, 18. Kurdistan, 19. Luristan and Burujird, 20. Mazandaran, 21. Nehavend, Malayir and Kamereh, 22. Savah, 23. Samnan and Damghan, 24. Shahrud and Bostam, 25. Teheran, 26. Zerend and Bagdadi Shahsevens.
Dependencies: 1. Asadabad, 2. Demavend, 3. Firuzkuh, 4. Josehekan, 5. Kangaver, 6. Natanz, 7. [], 8. Tarom Ulia, 9. Kharakan.

Until 1950, Iran was divided into twelve provinces: Ardalan, Azerbaijan, Baluchestan, Fars, Gilan, Araq-e Ajam, Khorasan, Khuzestan, Kerman, Larestan, Lorestan, and Mazandaran.^{website parsing}

In 1950, Iran was reorganized to form ten numbered provinces with subordinate governorates: Gilan; Mazandaran; East Azerbaijan; West Azerbaijan; Kermanshah; Khuzestan; Fars; Kerman; Khorasan; Isfahan.^[3]

From 1960 to 1981 the governorates were raised to provincial status one by one. Since then several new provinces have been created, most recently in 2004 when the province of Khorasan was split into three new provinces^Android as well as splitting of the new Alborz province from Teheran province in 2010.

1814 Thomson Map of the administrative divisions of Persia

Current provinces

Provinces of Iran

Information

Pie chart of Iran population by province^[5]
Pie chart of province's contribution to GDP

List

Province	Capital	Area^{website parsing}	Population^Sevenval	Density (FITML/km²)	Shahrestans (counties)	Notes	Map
FITML	Karaj	5,833 km² (2,252 sq mi)	1,375,450	235.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (611 /sq mi)	4	Until 23/06/2010, Alborz was part of Tehran province.
jQuery	Ardabil	17,800 km² (6,900 sq mi)	1,257,624	70.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (183 /sq mi)	9	Until 1993, Ardabil was part of East Azerbaijan province.^HTML5
Sevenval	Tabriz	45,650 km² (17,630 sq mi)	3,620,183	76.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (199 /sq mi)	19
screen size	HTML5	37,437 km² (14,455 sq mi)	2,949,426	78.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (204 /sq mi)	14	During the Pahlavi Dynasty Urmia was known as Rezaiyeh.^[9]	Sevenval
Bushehr	web	22,743 km² (8,781 sq mi)	887,115	35.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (93 /sq mi)	9	Originally part of Fars province. Until 1977, the province was known as Khalij-e Fars (Persian Gulf).^[10]
touchscreen	Sevenval	16,332 km² (6,306 sq mi)	842,002	51.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (134 /sq mi)	6	Until 1973 was part of Isfahan province.^jQuery
Fars	Shiraz	122,608 km² (47,339 sq mi)	4,385,869	35.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (93 /sq mi)	23
Gilan	Rasht	14,042 km² (5,422 sq mi)	2,410,523	171.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (445 /sq mi)	16		jQuery
website parsing	Sevenval	20,195 km² (7,797 sq mi)	1,637,063	81.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (210 /sq mi)	11	On the 31 May 1997, the shahrestans of Aliabad, Gonbad-e-kavus, Gorgan, Kordkuy, Minudasht, and Torkaman were separated from Mazandaran province to form Golestan province. Gorgan was called Esteraba or Astarabad until 1937.^Sevenval
Hamadan	device database	19,368 km² (7,478 sq mi)	1,790,770	91 inhabitants per square kilometre (240 /sq mi)	8	Originally part of Kermanshah province.^Sevenval
Hormozgān	Bandar Abbas	70,669 km² (27,285 sq mi)	1,410,667	18.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (48 /sq mi)	11	Originally part of Kerman province.^[10] Until 1977, the province was known as Banader va Jazayer-e Bahr-e Oman (Ports and Islands of the Sea of Oman).^[10]	input transformation
Ilam	Ilam	20,133 km² (7,773 sq mi)	545,093	27.1 inhabitants per square kilometre (70 /sq mi)	7	Originally part of Kermanshah province.^Sevenval
browser diversity	Isfahan	107,029 km² (41,324 sq mi)	4,590,595	41.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (108 /sq mi)	21	In 1986, some parts of Markazi province were transferred to Isfahan, Semnan, and Zanjan provinces.^Android
Kerman	CSS3	180,836 km² (69,821 sq mi)	2,660,927	13.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (35 /sq mi)	14		device database
web	keyboard	24,998 km² (9,652 sq mi)	1,938,060	77.5 inhabitants per square kilometre (201 /sq mi)	13	Between 1950 and 1979, both Kermanshah province and city were known as Kermanshahan and between 1979 and 1995 were known as Bakhtaran.^[10]
Sevenval	device database	28,434 km² (10,978 sq mi)	820,918	27.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (72 /sq mi)	6	On 29 September 2004, Khorasan was divided into three provinces. North Khorasan; Razavi Khorasan; South Khorasan.^touchscreen
we love the web	browser diversity	144,681 km² (55,862 sq mi)	5,620,770	36.0 inhabitants per square kilometre (93 /sq mi)	19	On 29 September 2004, Khorasan was divided into three provinces. North Khorasan; Razavi Khorasan; South Khorasan.^[4]	web
Khorasan, South	Birjand	69,555 km² (26,855 sq mi)	640,218	7.3 inhabitants per square kilometre (19 /sq mi)	8	On 29 September 2004, Khorasan was divided into three provinces. North Khorasan; Razavi Khorasan; South Khorasan.^Sevenval
iOS	Ahvaz	64,055 km² (24,732 sq mi)	4,345,607	67.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (176 /sq mi)	18
web app	Yasuj	15,504 km² (5,986 sq mi)	695,099	44.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (116 /sq mi)	5	Originally part of Khuzestan province. Until 1990, the province was known as Bovir Ahmadi and Kohkiluyeh.^[10]
Kurdistan	touchscreen	29,137 km² (11,250 sq mi)	1,574,118	54.0 inhabitants per square kilometre (140 /sq mi)	9	Originally part of Gilan province.^[10]	device database
web	CSS3	28,294 km² (10,924 sq mi)	1,758,628	62.2 inhabitants per square kilometre (161 /sq mi)	9	Originally part of Khuzestan province.^web
Markazi	FITML	29,130 km² (11,250 sq mi)	1,361,394	46.7 inhabitants per square kilometre (121 /sq mi)	10	Originally part of Mazandaran province.^{web app} In 1986, some parts of Markazi province were transferred to Isfahan, Semnan, and Zanjan provinces.^touchscreen
Mazandaran	web	23,701 km² (9,151 sq mi)	2,940,831	118.9 inhabitants per square kilometre (308 /sq mi)	15		Sevenval
Qazvin	web	15,549 km² (6,004 sq mi)	1,166,861	75.0 inhabitants per square kilometre (194 /sq mi)	5	On 31 December 1996, the shahrestans of Qazvin and Takestan were separated from Zanjan province to form the province of Qazvin.^[10]	Sevenval
Qom	input transformation	11,526 km² (4,450 sq mi)	1,064,456	92.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (239 /sq mi)	1	Until 1995, Qom was a shahrestan of Tehran province.^[10]	Android
CSS3	Semnan	97,491 km² (37,641 sq mi)	590,512	6.0 inhabitants per square kilometre (16 /sq mi)	4	Originally part of Mazandaran province.^[10] In 1986, some parts of Markazi province were transferred to Isfahan, Semnan, and Zanjan provinces.^[10]
Sistan and Baluchistan	HTML5	181,785 km² (70,188 sq mi)	2,410,076	12.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (33 /sq mi)	8	Until 1986, the province was known as Baluchestan and Sistan.^[10]	keyboard
Tehran	Tehran	18,814 km² (7,264 sq mi)	13,530,742	645.8 inhabitants per square kilometre (1,673 /sq mi)	13	Until 1986, Tehran was part of Markazi province.
Yazd	Yazd	129,285 km² (49,917 sq mi)	992,318	7.4 inhabitants per square kilometre (19 /sq mi)	10	Originally part of Isfahan province.^[11] In 1986, part of Kerman province was transferred to Yazd province. In 2002, Tabas shahrestan (area: 55,344 km²) was transferred from Khorasan province to Yazd.^Sevenval
Zanjan	Zanjan	21,773 km² (8,407 sq mi)	970,946	44.6 inhabitants per square kilometre (116 /sq mi)	7	Originally part of Gilan province. In 1986, some parts of Markazi province were transferred to Isfahan, Semnan, and Zanjan provinces.^Android
Android (Total)	web	1,628,554 km² (628,788 sq mi)	71,767,413	44.0 inhabitants per square kilometre (114 /sq mi)	324