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Fars
استان فارس | |
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Clockwise from top right: the Tomb of Cyrus the Great in Pasargadae; Arg of Karim Khan in Shiraz; a canola field in Alamarvdasht; Bishapur valley; Naqsh-e Rostam; and Persepolis | |
Coordinates: 29°25′N 53°14′E / 29.417°N 53.233°E[1] | |
Country | Iran |
Region | Region 2 |
Capital | Shiraz |
Counties | 37 |
Government | |
• Governor-general | Hossein-Ali Amiri |
Area | |
• Total | 122,608 km2 (47,339 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[3] | |
• Total | 4,851,274 |
• Estimate (2020) | 5,051,000[2] |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
Area code | 071 |
ISO 3166 code | IR-07 |
Main language(s) |
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2006 | 4,220,721 | — |
2011 | 4,596,658 | +8.9% |
2016 | 4,851,274 | +5.5% |
Fars province (Persian: استان فارس; /fɑːrs/)[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Shiraz.[11]
The province has an area of 122,400 km2 and is located in Iran's southwest, in Region 2. [12] Fars neighbours the provinces of Bushehr to the west; Hormozgan to the south; Kerman and Yazd to the east; Isfahan to the north; and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad to the northwest.
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