Semnān Province
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Semnan Province استان سمنان |
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 Location of Semnān within Iran |
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| Coordinates: 35°34′37″N 53°23′43″E / 35.5769°N 53.3953°ECoordinates: 35°34′37″N 53°23′43″E / 35.5769°N 53.3953°E | |
| Country |
 Iran
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| Region | Region 1 |
| Capital | Semnan |
| Counties | 8 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Mohammad Reza Khabbaz |
| Area | |
| • Total | 97,491 km2 (37,641 sq mi) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 631,218 |
| • Density | 6.5/km2 (17/sq mi) |
| Time zone | IRST (UTC+03:30) |
| • Summer (DST) | IRST (UTC+04:30) |
| Main language(s) | Semnani languages, Persian |
Semnan Province (Persian: استان سمنان, Ostān-e Semnān ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the north of the country, and its center is Semnan. The province of Semnan covers an area of 96,816 square kilometers and stretches along the Alborz mountain range and borders to Dasht-e Kavir desert in its southern parts.
The province was put as part of Region 1 upon the division of the provinces into 5 regions solely for coordination and development purposes on June 22, 2014.
Counties of the province include Semnan, Aradan, Damghan, Shahrud, Mehdishahr, Meyami, Sorkheh, Garmsar, and Shahmirzad county. In 1996, the province had a population of about 501,000 (631,218 in 2011 ), and in 2005 Semnan city (the capital of the province) had a population of 119,778, and the city of Shahroud, which accounts for being the largest city of this province, had a population of 231,831. [1]
The province is divided into two parts: a mountainous region, and the plains at the foot of the mountains. The former offers a scope for recreational activities as well as being a source for minerals, whereas the latter encompasses some ancient cities of Iran as one of the capitals of the Parthian empire was located there. In Semnan, people have local language with special words and slang. the base of this language which it derived from is Pahlavi language the ancient language form Parthian.
Neighbours are in the north Golestan, Mazandaran, at the west Tehran, Qom, at the South Isfahan and at the East Khorasan-e Razavi.
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