Qazvin province
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Qazvin Province (Persian: استان قزوین; IPA: [ɢæzˈviːn] ⓘ)[lower-alpha 1] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the northwest of the country, with the city of Qazvin as its capital.[5] The province was carved out of Tehran province in 1993.
Qazvin Province
Persian: استان قزوین | |
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Coordinates: 36°04′N 49°51′E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Region | Region 1[2] |
Capital | Qazvin |
Counties | 6 |
Government | |
• Governor-general | Mohammad-Mahdi Aalaee |
• MPs of Assembly of Experts | Ali Eslami and Majid Talkhabi |
• Representative of the Supreme Leader | Abdolkarim Abedini |
Area | |
• Total | 15,567 km2 (6,010 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 1,273,761 |
• Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
HDI (2017) | 0.796[4] high · 14th |
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the population of the province was 1,127,734 in 294,305 households.[6] The following census in 2011 counted 1,201,565 inhabitants living in 352,472 households, of whom 68.05% lived in cities and 31.95% in villages.[7] By the time of the most recent census in 2016, the population had risen to 1,273,761 people in 397,165 households.[3]
The province was made a part of Region 1 upon the division of the provinces into 5 regions solely for coordination and development purposes on June 22, 2014.[2]
The majority of people in the northeast of the province, in Alamut, are Mazandarani or Gilaks who speak a dialect of the Mazandarani[8][9][10] or Gilaki language.[11][12] However, other sources claim that the majority of people in Alamut are ‘Tats’.[13][14]