Razavi Khorasan province
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Razavi Khorasan or Central Khorasan Province (Persian: استان خراسان رضوی یا خراسان مرکزی, Ostân-e Xorâsân-e Razavi) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in northeastern Iran. The city of Mashhad is the center and capital of the province. Central Khorasan is one of the three provinces that were created after the division of Khorasan province in 2004. In 2014, it was placed in Region 5[4] with Mashhad as the location of the region's secretariat.
Razavi Khorasan Province
استان خراسان رضوی | |
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Coordinates: 36.2980°N 59.6057°E / 36.2980; 59.6057 | |
Country | Iran |
Region | Region 5 |
Capital | Mashhad |
Counties | 33 |
Government | |
• Governor-general | Yaghob-Ali Nazari |
• MPs of Assembly of Experts | 1 Hassan Alemi 2 Mohammad-Hadi Abdekhodaei 3 Taqi Yazdi 4 Ahmad Alamolhoda 5 Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani 6 Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi 7 Mohammad-Reza Modarresi Yazdi 8 Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini |
• Representative of the Supreme Leader | Ahmad Alamolhoda |
Area | |
• Total | 118,884 km2 (45,901 sq mi) |
Highest elevation | 3,211 m (10,535 ft) |
Lowest elevation (Sarakhs) | 299 m (981 ft) |
Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 6,434,501 |
• Estimate (2020) | 6,871,000[2] |
• Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Demonym | Khorasani (Persian: خراسانی) |
Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
Area code | 051 |
ISO 3166 code | IR-09 |
Main language(s) | Persian |
HDI (2017) | 0.781[3] high · 19th |
Website | http://ostandari.khorasan.ir/ |
At the time of the National Census of 2006, the province had a population of 5,515,980 in 1,426,187 households.[5] The following census in 2011 counted 5,994,402 people in 1,716,314 households.[6] At the latest census conducted in 2016, the population had risen to 6,434,501 in 1,938,703 households.[1]