Kermanshah province - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kermanshah استان کرمانشاه | |
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![]() Location of Kermanshah within Iran | |
Coordinates: 34°19′03″N 47°05′13″E / 34.3176°N 47.0869°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | 4th Region |
Capital | Kermanshah |
Counties | 14 |
Government | |
• Governor | Asadollah Razani |
Area | |
• Total | 24,998 km2 (9,652 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 1,952,434 |
• Density | 78/km2 (200/sq mi) |
Demonym | [2] |
Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+04:30 (IRST) |
Main language(s) | Kurdish local Persian official Azeri[3]Just in Sonqor County |
HDI (2017) | 0.796[4] high · 14th |
Kermanshah Province (Persian: استان كرمانشاه, romanized: Ostān-e Kermanšah, Kurdish: پارێزگای کرماشان, romanized: Parêzgeha Kirmaşan[5][6]) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is Kermanshah. The province was known from 1969 to 1986 as Kermanshahan and from 1986 to 1995 as Bakhtaran.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Selected Findings of National Population and Housing Census 2017
- ↑ Yarshater, E. "AZERBAIJAN vii. The Iranian Language of Azerbaijan". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2012-05-06.
- ↑ Michael Knüppel, E. "TURKIC LANGUAGES OF PERSIA". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
- ↑ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- ↑ "Li Kirmaşan erdhej" (in Kurdish). 1 October 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
- ↑ "بەرپرسانی ڕێژیم بەڵێنی درۆ و بێ بنەما بە خەڵکی لێقەوماوی پارێزگای کرماشان دەدەن" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 18 March 2020.