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Apr 16 2012

This week photos from Iran (Week 16-2012)

Week 16-2012, Weekly Photos Selection, from IranMap-Flickr group

Tomb of Saadi - آرامگاه سعدی

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Tomb of Saadi, Shiraz, Fars Province, Iran - by Saeid Aghaei

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Apr 08 2012

This week photos from Iran (Week 15-2012)

Week 15-2012, Weekly Photos Selection, from IranMap-Flickr group

Zayandeh Rood - زاینده رود

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Zayandeh Rood (Zayanderud) River, Isfahan Province, Iran - by ngh131

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Apr 02 2012

Iran with Provinces – استانهای ایران

Iran with Tehran as capital city consists of 31 provinces covering an area of 1,648,000 sq km. It has 2,440 km coastline and a 740 km coast along The Caspian Sea and shares a 5,440 km land border with 8 other countries.

The 31 provinces (استان) each governed from a local center, usually the largest local city, which is called the capital (مرکز) of that province. The provincial authority is headed by a Governor-General (Ostandar)

Below is listed all provinces with provincial capital and their Counties (Shahrestans):

Province Capital

 Counties (Shahrestans)

Alborz (البرز) Karaj (کرج)

4

Ardabil (اردبیل) Ardabil (اردبیل)

9

Azarbaijan, East (آذربایجان شرقی) Tabriz (تبریز)

19

Azarbaijan, West (آذربایجان غربی) Urmia (اورمیه)

14

Bushehr (بوشهر) Bushehr (بوشهر)

9

Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari (چهارمحال و بختیاری) Shahrekord (شهرکرد)

6

Fars (فارس) Shiraz (شیراز)

23

Gilan (گيلان) Rasht (رشت)

16

Golestan (گلستان) Gorgan (گرگان)

11

Hamadan (همدان) Hamadan (همدان)

8

Hormozgan (هرمزگان) Bandar Abbas (بندرعباس)

11

Ilam (ایلام ) Ilam (ایلام )

7

Isfahan (اصفهان) Isfahan (اصفهان)

21

Kerman (کرمان) Kerman (کرمان)

14

Kermanshah (کرمانشاه) Kermanshah (کرمانشاه)

13

Khorasan, North (خراسان شمالی) Bojnourd (بجنورد)

6

Khorasan, Razavi (خراسان رضوی) Mashhad (مشهد)

19

Khorasan, South (خراسان جنوبی) Birjand (بیرجند)

8

Khuzestan (خوزستان) Ahvaz (اهواز)

18

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad (کهگیلویه و بویراحمد) Yasuj (یاسووج)

5

Kurdistan (کردستان) Sanandaj (سنندج)

9

Lorestan (لرستان) Khorramabad (خرم آباد)

9

Markazi (مرکزی) Arak (اراک)

10

Mazandaran (مازندران) Sari (ساری)

15

Qazvin (قزوین) Qazvin (قزوین)

5

Qom (قم) Qom (قم)

1

Semnan (سمنان) Semnan (سمنان)

4

Sistan and Baluchistan (سیستان و بلوچستان) Zahedan (زاهدان)

8

Tehran (تهران) Tehran (تهران)

13

Yazd (یزد) Yazd (یزد)

10

Zanjan (زنجان) Zanjan (زنجان)

7

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