Iran

Administrative units

ostan	capital	area (sq.km.)	population 1996-10-21 census	population 2006-10-28 census
source: Statistical Centre of Iran. note: the year 1996 translates to the year 1375 according to the Iranian Hijri calendar (which runs 621 years behind the Gregorian calendar). 1385 in Iran thus is 2006. note: area refers to 'land area'.
Ardebil Ostan	Ardebil	17,800	1,168,011	1,225,348
Bushehr Ostan	Bushehr	22,743	743,675	886,267
Chaharmahal and Bakhtiyari Ostan	Shahr-e-Kord	16,332	761,168	857,910
East Azarbayejan Ostan	Tabriz	45,650	3,325,540	3,603,456
Esfahan Ostan	Esfahan	107,029	3,923,255	4,559,256
Fars Ostan	Shiraz	122,608	3,817,036	4,336,878
Gilan Ostan	Rasht	14,042	2,241,896	2,404,861
Golestan Ostan	Gorgan	20,367	1,426,288	1,617,087
Hamedan Ostan	Hamedan	19,368	1,677,957	1,703,267
Hormozgan Ostan	Bandar Abbas	70,697	1,062,155	1,403,674
Ilam Ostan	Ilam	20,133	487,886	545,787
Kerman Ostan	Kerman	180,726	2,004,328	2,652,413
Kermanshah Ostan	Kermanshah	24,998	1,778,596	1,879,385
Khorasan-e-Razavi Ostan	Mashhad	118,854	4,907,970	5,593,079
Khuzestan Ostan	Ahvaz	64,055	3,746,772	4,274,979
Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad Ostan	Yasuj	15,504	544,356	634,299
Kordestan Ostan	Sanandaj	29,137	1,346,383	1,438,543
Lorestan Ostan	Khorramabad	28,294	1,584,434	1,716,527
Markazi Ostan	Arak	29,127	1,228,812	1,349,590
Mazandaran Ostan	Sari	23,842	2,602,008	2,920,657
North Khorasan Ostan	Bojnord	28,434	675,752	811,572
Qazvin Ostan	Qazvin	15,567	968,257	1,143,200
Qom Ostan	Qom	11,526	853,044	1,040,681
Semnan Ostan	Semnan	97,491	501,447	589,742
Sistan and Baluchestan Ostan	Zahedan	181,785	1,722,579	2,405,742
South Khorasan Ostan	Birjand	95,385	345,017	636,420
Tehran Ostan	Tehran	18,814	10,343,965	13,413,348
West Azarbayejan Ostan	Orumiyeh	37,411	2,496,320	2,873,459
Yazd Ostan	Yazd	129,285	750,769	990,818
Zanjan Ostan	Zanjan	21,773	900,890	964,601
total		1,628,750	60,055,488	70,472,846

Main cities

name	population 1986-09-22 census	population 1996-10-21 census	population 2006-10-28 census	latitude / longitude
Tehran	6,042,584	6,758,845	7,088,287	35.67/51.39
Mashhad	1,463,508	1,887,405	2,427,316
Esfahan	986,753	1,266,072	1,602,110
Tabriz	971,482	1,191,043	1,398,060
Karaj	611,510	940,968	1,386,030
Shiraz	848,289	1,053,025	1,227,331
Ahvaz	579,826	804,980	985,614
Qom	543,139	777,677	964,706
Kermanshah	560,514	692,986	794,863
Orumiyeh	300,746	435,200	583,255
Zahedan	281,923	419,518	567,449
Rasht	290,897	417,748	557,366
Kerman	257,284	384,991	515,114
Hamedan	272,499	401,281	479,640
Arak	265,349	380,755	446,760
Yazd	230,483	326,776	432,194
Ardebil	281,973	340,386	418,262
Bandar Abbas	201,642	273,578	379,301
Eslamshahr	215,129	265,450	357,389
Qazvin	248,591	291,117	355,338
Zanjan	215,261	286,295	349,713
Khorramabad	208,592	272,815	333,945
Sanandaj	204,537	277,808	316,862
Gorgan	139,430	188,710	274,438
Sari	141,020	195,882	261,293
Kashan	138,599	201,372	253,509
Dezful	151,420	202,639	235,819
Golestan (Soltanabad)	9,927	112,554	231,905
Qods	..	138,278	230,147
Borujerd	183,879	217,804	229,541
Malard	9,160	88,118	228,713
Khomeinishahr	104,647	165,888	223,071
Abadan	6	206,073	219,772
Sabzevar	129,103	170,738	214,582
Varamin	58,311	107,233	208,996
Neyshabur	109,258	158,847	208,860
Najafabad	129,058	178,498	208,647
Babol	115,320	158,346	201,335
Amol	118,242	159,092	199,698
Shahriyar	22,439	40,058	189,421
Khoy	115,343	148,944	181,465
Saveh	64,081	111,245	180,548
Bojnurd	93,392	134,835	176,726
Qaemshahr	109,288	143,286	174,768
Qarchak	77,957	142,690	174,006
Sirjan	90,072	135,024	170,916
Bushehr	120,787	143,641	169,966
Birjand	81,798	127,608	166,138
Ilam	89,035	126,346	160,355
Malayer	103,640	144,373	156,289
Bukan	67,938	120,020	150,703
Maragheh	100,679	132,318	149,929
Rafsanjan	66,498	98,257	139,219
Zabol	75,105	100,887	136,956
Nasimshahr (Akbarabad)	13,750	85,124	135,846
Mahabad	75,238	107,799	135,780
Saqqez	81,351	115,394	133,331
Shahrud	78,950	104,765	132,379
Shahr-e-Kord	75,080	100,477	131,612
Gonbad-e-kavus	87,100	111,253	129,167
Shahinshahr	49,312	84,827	127,412
Pakdasht	18,308	49,220	126,937
Semnan	64,891	91,045	126,780
Khorramshahr	0	105,636	125,859
Marvdasht	79,132	103,579	124,350
Torbat-e-heydariyeh	72,068	94,647	121,300
Andimeshk	56,288	106,923	120,177
Marand	71,394	96,396	114,841
Miyandoap	59,551	90,141	114,153
Bandar-e-Mahshahr	71,808	88,394	111,448
Bandar Anzali	87,063	98,544	110,643
Shahreza	73,367	89,779	109,601
Masjed Soleyman	104,787	116,883	108,682
Jahrom	77,174	94,185	105,285
Izeh	46,042	81,288	104,364
Quchan	66,531	85,750	101,313
Dorud	62,517	88,152	101,219
Behbahan	78,694	88,213	101,178
Iranshahr	40,027	76,959	100,642
Yasuj	29,991	69,133	100,544
source: Statistical Centre of Iran.

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