Zanjan province
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Zanjan province, or Zangan province (Persian: استان زنجان, Ostân-e Zanjân), is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, whose capital is the city of Zanjan. It is a mountainous province with close to 22,000 km2 of land placed in Iran's Region 3. Two-thirds of the people of the province live in the cities, mainly the capital and Abhar.[1]
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Zanjan province
استان زنجان | |
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Coordinates: 36.6751°N 48.4845°E / 36.6751; 48.4845 | |
Country | Iran |
Region | Region 3 |
Capital | Zanjan |
Counties | 8 |
Government | |
• Governor-general | Mohsen Afsharchi |
• MP of Assembly of Experts | Mohammad Reza Doulabi |
• Representative of the Supreme Leader | Ali Khatami |
Area | |
• Total | 21,773 km2 (8,407 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 1,057,461 |
• Density | 49/km2 (130/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
Main language(s) | Persian (official) local languages: Azerbaijani (Majority) Tati [2] |
HDI (2017) | 0.771[3] high · 23rd |
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At the time of the National Census of 2006, the population of the province was 942,818 in 235,771 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 1,015,734 inhabitants living in 286,806 households.[5] At the most recent census of 2016, the population had increased to 1,057,461 in 321,983 households.[1]