Isfahan province
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Not to be confused with Isfahan County.
Isfahan Province (Persian: استان اصفهان)[lower-alpha 1] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Isfahan.[5] The province is in the center of the country in Iran's Region 2,[6] whose secretariat is located in Isfahan.
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Isfahan Province
Persian: استان اصفهان | |
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Coordinates: 32°40′N 51°55′E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Region | Region 2 |
Capital | Isfahan |
Counties | 28 |
Government | |
• Governor-general | Reza Mortazavi |
• MPs of Assembly of Experts | 1 Abdol Mohammad Abdolahi 2 Morteza Moghtadai 3 Seyed Abolhasan Mahdavi 4 Yousef Tabatabai Nejad |
• Representative of the Supreme Leader | Yousef Tabatabai Nejad and Saeed Hosseini (Kashan) |
Area | |
• Total | 107,018 km2 (41,320 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 5,120,850 |
• Estimate (2020) | 5,343,000[3] |
• Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
Main language(s) | Predominantly Persian. small Minority: Bakhtiari Luri, Qashqai, Georgian, Armenian languages in some regions of the province |
HDI (2017) | 0.830[4] very high · 3rd |
Website | www |
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More information Year, Pop. ...
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1966 | 1,703,701 | — |
1986 | 3,294,916 | +93.4% |
2006 | 4,559,256 | +38.4% |
2011 | 4,879,312 | +7.0% |
2016 | 5,120,850 | +5.0% |
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province's population was 4,499,327 in 1,223,684 households, with a literacy rate of 88.65 percent.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 4,879,312 people in 1,454,162 households.[8] At the most recent census in 2016, the population of the province had risen to 5,120,850 in 1,607,482 households.[2]