North Khorasan province
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North Khorasan province (Persian: استان خراسان شمالی)[lower-alpha 1] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in the northeast of the country. Its capital is the city of Bojnord.[4] North Khorasan is one of the three provinces that were created after the division of Khorasan in 2004. Khorasan was the largest province of Iran until it was divided into three provinces on September 29, 2004. The provinces approved by the parliament of Iran (on May 18, 2004) and the Council of Guardians (on May 29, 2004) were Razavi Khorasan, North Khorasan, and South Khorasan.
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North Khorasan Province
Persian: استان خراسان شمالی | |
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Coordinates: 37°22′N 57°16′E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Region | Region 5 |
Capital | Bojnord |
Counties | 10 |
Government | |
• Governor-general | Mohammad-Reza Hossein-Nejad |
• MPs of Assembly of Experts | Gholamreza Fayazi and Habibollah Mehman Navaz |
• Representative of the Supreme Leader | Reza Nouri |
Area | |
• Total | 28,434 km2 (10,978 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 863,092 |
• Density | 30/km2 (79/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
Main languages | Persian Kurdish Turkmen Khorasani Turkic |
HDI (2017) | 0.745[3] high · 29th |
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the population of the province was 791,930 in 198,626 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 867,727 people in 240,885 households.[6] In 2014 it was placed in Region 5.[7] At the time of the most recent census in 2016, the population had dropped slightly to 863,092 in 254,747 households.[2]