Kurdistan province
Kurdistan or Kordestan province (Persian: استان کردستان, romanized: Ostān-e Kordestān; Kurdish: پارێزگای کوردستان, romanized: Parêzgay Kurdistan) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. The province is 28,817 km2 in area and its capital is the city of Sanandaj. Other counties with their major cities are Saqqez, Baneh, Marivan, Qorveh, Bijar, Kamyaran, Dehgolan, Diwandarreh and Sarvabad.
Kurdistan Province | |
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Province | |
| استان کردستان | |
Miyane village | |
Location of Kurdistan province within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 35.3113°N 46.9960°E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Region | Region 3 |
| Capital | Sanandaj |
| Counties | 10 |
| Government | |
| • Governor-general | Esmaeil Zarei Kousha |
| • MPs of Assembly of Experts | Faegh Rostami and Eghbal Bahmani |
| • Representative of the Supreme Leader | Abdolreza Pourzahabi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29,137 km2 (11,250 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 1,603,011 |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| Main language(s) | Persian (official) local languages: Ardalan languages Kurdish |
| HDI (2017) | 0.743 high · 30th |
Kurdistan province is located in the west of Iran, in Region 3. It borders the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to the west, and the Iranian provinces of West Azerbaijan to the north, Zanjan to the northeast, Hamadan to the east, and Kermanshah to the south. It exists within both Iranian Kurdistan and Kurdistan.
At the National Census conducted in 2006, the province had a population of 1,416,334 inhabitants in 337,179 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,493,645 living in 401,845 households. At the time of the most recent census in 2021, the population of the province had risen to 2,152,471 in 471,310 households.