Fars Province

Fars Province ([استان فارس Ostān-e Fārs] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help) pronooncit /fɑː(r)s/), umwhile spelt Pars, is ane o the 30 provinces an kent as Cultural Caipital o Iran. It is in the sooth o the kintra an its center is Shiraz. It haes an aurie o 122,400 km². In 2006, this province haed a population o 4.34 million fowk, o which 61.2% wur registered as urban dwellers, 38.1% veelagers, an 0.7% nomad tribes.^[1]

Fars Province استان فارس
Province
Location o Fars athin Iran
Kintra	Iran
Caipital	Shiraz
Coonties	23
Area
• Total	122608 km2 (47,339 sq mi)
Population  (2006)[1]
• Total	4,569,292
• Density	37/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+03:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+04:30 (IRST)
Main leid(s)	Persie Qashqai Lurish Dialects o Fars

Persepolis

Fars or Pars is the oreeginal hameland o the Persie fowk. The native name o the Persie leid is Fârsi or Pârsi. Persie an Persie baith derive frae the Hellenized form Πέρσις Persis o the ruit wird Pârs. The Auld Persie wird wis Pârsâ.