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Kermanshah Province

Kermanshah
استان کرمانشاه
Province
Map of Iran with Kermanshah highlighted
Location of Kermanshah within Iran
Coordinates: 34°19′03″N 47°05′13″E / 34.3176°N 47.0869°E / 34.3176; 47.0869Coordinates: 34°19′03″N 47°05′13″E / 34.3176°N 47.0869°E / 34.3176; 47.0869
Country  Iran
Region Region 4
Capital Kermanshah
Counties 14
Government
 • Governor Asadollah Razani
Area
 • Total 24,998 km2 (9,652 sq mi)
Population (2011)
 • Total 1,945,227
 • Density 78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Demonym(s)
Time zone IRST (UTC+03:30)
 • Summer (DST) IRST (UTC+04:30)
Main language(s) Kurdish
Persian
AzeriJust in Sonqor County

Kermanshah Province (Persian: استان كرمانشاه‎‎) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran and is regarded as part of Iranian Kurdistan. The province was known from 1969 to 1986 as Kermanshahan and from 1986 to 1995 as Bakhtaran. In 2014 it was placed in Region 4, with the region's central secretariat located at the province's capital city, Kermanshah.

Kermanshah consists of 14 shahrestans (districts): Dalaho County; Gilan-e-gharb County; Harsin County; Islamabad-e-gharb County; Javanrud County; Kangavar County; Kermanshah County; Paveh County; Qasr-e-Shirin County; Ravansar county; Sahneh County; Sarpol-e-Zahab County; Solas-e-Babajani County; Sonqor County.
Major cities and towns in Kermanshah Province: Kermanshah; Eslamabad-e Gharb; Paveh; Harsin; Kangavar; Sonqor; Javanrud; Salas-e-babajani; Ravansar; Dalahoo; Gilan-Gharb; Sahneh; Qasr-e Shirin; Sarpol-e-Zahab.


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