Kermanshah province
Kermanshah Province (Persian: استان كرمانشاه, romanized: Ostân-e Kermânšâh, Kurdish: پارێزگای کرماشان, romanized: Parêzgeha Kirmaşan) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran and one of the provinces which border Iraq. The province was known from 1969 to 1986 as Kermanshahan, and from 1986 to 1995 as Bakhtaran (Persian: استان باختران). The capital of the province is the city of Kermanshah. According to a 2014 segmentation by the Ministry of Interior, it is the center of Region 4, with the region's central secretariat located in Kermanshah. A majority of people in Kermanshah Province are Shia, and there are Sunni and Yarsani minority groups.
Kermanshah Province
Persian: استان کرمانشاه | |
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Province | |
Location of Kermanshah province in Iran | |
| Coordinates: 34°33′N 46°43′E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Region | 4th Region |
| Capital | Kermanshah |
| Counties | 14 |
| Government | |
| • Governor-general | Mohammad-Tayyeb Sahraee |
| • MPs of Assembly of Experts | Aman Narimani and Mohammad Mohammadi Araghi |
| • Representative of the Supreme Leader | Mostafa Olama |
| Area | |
| • Total | 24,998 km2 (9,652 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 1,952,434 |
| • Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Kermanshahi |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IR-05 |
| Main language(s) | Kurdish local Persian official |
| HDI (2017) | 0.796 high · 14th |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1,778,596 | — |
| 2006 | 1,879,385 | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 1,945,227 | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 1,952,434 | +0.4% |
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At the time of the National Census conducted in 2006, the population of Kermanshah province was 1,842,457 in 444,185 households. By the time of the following census in 2011, there were 1,945,227 people in 530,911 households. At the latest census in 2016, Kermanshah had a population of 1,952,434 in 576,861 households.