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Kurdistan Province

province of Iran
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Summary

Kurdistan Province is a province of Iran[1]. It draws 1,367 Wikipedia views per month (province of iran category, ranking #10 of 32).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Iran[3]
  • Country: Iran[4]
  • Instance of: Kurdish-inhabited area[5]
  • Capital: Sanandaj[6]
  • Shares border with: Sulaymaniyah Governorate[7], West Azarbaijan Province[8], Hamadan Province[9], Halabja Governorate[10], Zanjan Province[11], Kermanshah Province[12]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Baneh County[13], Bijar County[14], Saqqez County[15], Sanandaj County[16], Qorveh County[17], Marivan County[18], Divandarreh County[19], Kamyaran County[20], Sarvabad County[21], Dehgolan County[22]
  • Part of: Iranian Kurdistan[23]
  • Commons category: Kurdistan Province[24]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+03:30[25]
  • Local dialing code: 0871[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Kurdistan province[27]
  • Population: 1,603,011[28], 1,493,645[29], 1,440,156[30]
  • Unemployment rate: 11.6 percent[31]
  • Territory claimed by: Kurdistan[32]
  • Replaces: Ardalan[33]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Kurdistan Province[34]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Kurdistan province[35]
  • Different from: Kurdistan[36], Kurdistan Region of Iraq[37], Iranian Kurdistan[38]
  • Area: 29,137 km²[39]
  • Language used: Sorani[40], Gorani[41]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Kurdistan Province[42]
  • Economy of topic: economy of Kurdistan Province[43]

Why It Matters

Kurdistan Province has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] It is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Related Entities

Hana Human Rights Organization Iran

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . amar.org.ir. amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . amar.org.ir. amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  14. [16] ↑ . amar.org.ir. amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . amar.org.ir. amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . amar.org.ir. amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . amar.org.ir. amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . amar.org.ir. amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . amar.org.ir. amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . amar.org.ir. amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Statistical Centre of Iran. Retrieved . amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Statistical Centre of Iran. Retrieved . nnt.sci.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Statistical Centre of Iran. Retrieved . amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . amar.org.ir. amar.org.ir. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Orijentolog · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 35.727777777777774, 'lon': 46.966944444444444}
    Territory claimed by → Kurdistan
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    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Instance of: Kurdish-inhabited area"
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