Kermanshah province

Kermanshah

استان کرمانشاه
Kermanshah استان کرمانشاه
Province
	Location of Kermanshah within Iran
	Coordinates: 34°19′03″N 47°05′13″E / 34.3176°N 47.0869°E
Country	Iran
Region	4th Region
Capital	Kermanshah
Counties	14
Government
• Governor	Asadollah Razani
Area
• Total	24,998 km2 (9,652 sq mi)
Population (2017)
• Total	1,952,434
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym
Time zone	UTC+03:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+04:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)	Kurdish local; Persian official; AzeriJust in Sonqor County
HDI (2017)	0.796; 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

↑ 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.

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[1] Selected Findings of National Population and Housing Census 2017

[Yarshater-2] Yarshater, E. "AZERBAIJAN vii. The Iranian Language of Azerbaijan". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2012-05-06.

[3] Michael Knüppel, E. "TURKIC LANGUAGES OF PERSIA". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2013-09-19.

[GlobalDataLab-4] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

[5] "Li Kirmaşan erdhej" (in Kurdish). 1 October 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.

[6] "بەرپرسانی ڕێژیم بەڵێنی درۆ و بێ بنەما بە خەڵکی لێقەوماوی پارێزگای کرماشان دەدەن" (in Kurdish). Retrieved 18 March 2020.

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