A Bahá'í Glossary - Iran Provinces

Iran Provinces

Current provinces

Province	Capital	Shahrestans (counties)	Notes	View Map
Alborz	Karaj	4	Until 23 June 2010, Alborz was part of Tehran province.	View Large Map [ ]
Ardabil	Ardabil	9	Until 1993, Ardabil was part of East Azerbaijan province.	View Large Map [ ]
Azerbaijan, East	Tabriz	19		View Large Map [ ]
Azerbaijan, West	Urmia	14	During the Pahlavi Dynasty Urmia was known as Rezaiyeh.	View Large Map [ ]
Bushehr	Bushehr	9	Originally part of Fars province. Until 1977, the province was known as Khalij-e Fars (Persian Gulf).	View Large Map [ ]
Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari	Shahrekord	6	Until 1973 was part of Iṣfáhán province.	View Large Map [ ]
Fars	S̲h̲íráz	23		View Large Map [ ]
Gilan	Rasht	16		View Large Map [ ]
Golestan	Gorgan	11	On the 31 May 1997, the shahrestans of Aliabad, Gonbad-e-kavus, Gorgan, Kordkuy, Minudasht, and Torkaman were separated from Mazandaran province to form Golestan province. Gorgan was called Esteraba or Astarabad until 1937.	View Large Map [ ]
Hamadan	Hamadan	8	Originally part of Kermanshah province.	View Large Map [ ]
Hormozgān	Bandar Abbas	11	Originally part of Kerman province.Until 1977, the province was known as Banader va Jazayer-e Bahr-e Oman (Ports and Islands of the Sea of Oman).	View Large Map [ ]
Ilam	Ilam	7	Originally part of Kermanshah province.	View Large Map [ ]
Iṣfáhán	Iṣfáhán	21	In 1986, some parts of Markazi province were transferred to Iṣfáhán, Semnan, and Zanjan provinces.	View Large Map [ ]
Kerman	Kerman	14		View Large Map [ ]
Kermanshah	Kermanshah	13	Between 1950 and 1979, both Kermanshah province and city were known as Kermanshahan and between 1979 and 1995 were known as Bakhtaran.	View Large Map [ ]
Khorasan, North	Bojnourd	6	On 29 September 2004, Khorasan was divided into three provinces. North Khorasan; Razavi Khorasan; South Khorasan.	View Large Map [ ]
Khorasan, Razavi	Mashhad	29	On 29 September 2004, Khorasan was divided into three provinces. North Khorasan; Razavi Khorasan; South Khorasan.	View Large Map [ ]
Khorasan, South	Birjand	8	On 29 September 2004, Khorasan was divided into three provinces. North Khorasan; Razavi Khorasan; South Khorasan.	View Large Map [ ]
Khuzestan	Ahvaz	18		View Large Map [ ]
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad	Yasuj	5	Originally part of Khuzestan province. Until 1990, the province was known as Bovir Ahmadi and Kohkiluyeh.	View Large Map [ ]
Kurdistan	Sanandaj	9	Originally part of Gilan province.	View Large Map [ ]
Lorestan	Khorramabad	9	Originally part of Khuzestan province.	View Large Map [ ]
Markazi	Arak	10	Originally part of Mazandaran province.In 1986, some parts of Markazi province were transferred to Iṣfáhán, Semnan, and Zanjan provinces.	View Large Map [ ]
Mazandaran	Sari	15		View Large Map [ ]
Qazvin	Qazvin	5	On 31 December 1996, the shahrestans of Qazvin and Takestan were separated from Zanjan province to form the province of Qazvin.	View Large Map [ ]
Qom	Qom	1	Until 1995, Qom was a shahrestan of Tehran province.	View Large Map [ ]
Semnan	Semnan	4	Originally part of Mazandaran province.In 1986, some parts of Markazi province were transferred to Iṣfáhán, Semnan, and Zanjan provinces.	View Large Map [ ]
Sistan and Baluchestan	Zahedan	8	Until 1986, the province was known as Baluchestan and Sistan.	View Large Map [ ]
Tehran	Tehran	13	Until 1986, Tehran was part of Markazi province.	View Large Map [ ]
Yazd	Yazd	10	Originally part of Iṣfáhán province.In 1986, part of Kerman province was transferred to Yazd province. In 2002, Tabas shahrestan (area: 55,344 km²) was transferred from Khorasan province to Yazd.	View Large Map [ ]
Zanjan	Zanjan	7	Originally part of Gilan province. In 1986, some parts of Markazi province were transferred to Iṣfáhán, Semnan, and Zanjan provinces.	View Large Map [ ]
Iran	Tehran	(Total) 342