Qazvin province
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Qazvin Province (Persian: استان قزوین, Ostān-e Qazvīn) IPA: [ɢæzˈviːn] ⓘ is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the northwest of the country, with the city of Qazvin as its capital. The province was carved out of Tehran province in 1993. At the time of the National Census of 2006, the population of the province was 1,127,734 in 294,305 households.[4] The following census in 2011 counted 1,201,565 inhabitants living in 352,472 households, of whom 68.05% lived in cities and 31.95% in villages.[5] By the time of the most recent census in 2016, the population had risen to 1,273,761 people in 397,165 households.[2]
Qazvin Province
استان قزوین | |
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Coordinates: 36.2693°N 50.0029°E / 36.2693; 50.0029 | |
Country | Iran |
Region | Region 1[1] |
Capital | Qazvin |
Counties | 6 |
Government | |
• Governor-general | Mohammad-Mahdi Aalaee |
• MPs of Assembly of Experts | Ali Eslami and Majid Talkhabi |
• Representative of the Supreme Leader | Abdolkarim Abedini |
Area | |
• Total | 15,567 km2 (6,010 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 1,273,761 |
• Density | 82/km2 (210/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
HDI (2017) | 0.796[3] high · 14th |
The province was made a part of Region 1 upon the division of the provinces into 5 regions solely for coordination and development purposes on June 22, 2014.[1]
The majority of people in the northeast of the province, in Alamut, are Mazandarani or Gilaks who speak a dialect of the Mazandarani[6][7][8] or Gilaki language.[9][10] However, other sources claim that the majority of people in Alamut are ‘Tats’.[11][12]