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Provinces of Iran
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Iran is subdivided into thirty-one provinces (Persian: استان ostân), each governed from a local centre, usually the largest local city, which is called the capital (Persian: مرکز, markaz) of that province. The provincial authority is headed by a governor-general (Persian: استاندار ostândâr), who is appointed by the Minister of the Interior subject to approval of the cabinet.[1]
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Provinces of Iran استانهای ایران Ostânhâ-ye Irân | |
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Category | Unitary state |
Location | Iran |
Number | 31 |
Populations | 591,000 (Ilam province) – 13,323,000 (Tehran province) |
Areas | 5,833 km2 (2,252 sq mi) (Alborz province) – 183,285 km2 (70,767 sq mi) (Kerman province) |
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