Isfahan Province

استان اصفهان Isfahan
Location of Isfahan Province in Iran
Basic data
Country	Iran
Capital	Isfahan
surface	107,029 km²
Residents	5,120,850 (2016 census)
density	48 inhabitants per km²
ISO 3166-2	IR-04

Coordinates: 33 ° 13 '  N , 52 ° 30'  E

Isfahan , also Esfahan ( Persian استان اصفهان, DMG Ostān-e Eṣfahān [ ostɒːn e esfæˈhɒːn ]), is one of the 31 provinces in Iran . It is named after the capital of the same name .

5,120,850 people live in the province (2016 census). The province covers 107,029 square kilometers and has a population density of 48 people per square kilometer.

geography

Isfahan is in the center of the country. It is bordered to the north by the provinces of Markazi , Qom and Semnan , to the south by the provinces of Fars , Kohgiluye and Boyer Ahmad , to the east by the province of Yazd and to the west by the provinces of Lurestan and Tschahār Mahāl and Bachtiyāri .

Administrative division

Isfahan Province administrative districts

Isfahan is divided into 21 administrative districts ( Shahrestan ):

Anarak Aran Ardestan Barchovar and Meymeh Bidgol Chansar Khomeinishahr Falavarjan Faridan Fereidune Schahr Golpayegan

Isfahan Kashan Landschan Mobarakeh Nain Najaf Abad Natanz Semirom Shahr-e-hana Schahreza

Colleges

Inner courtyard of a madreseh in Kashan

• Isfahan University
• Isfahan Technical University
• Azad Islamic University of Khomeinishahr
• Sheikh Bahaei University
• Azad Islamic University of Mobarakeh
• Azad Islamic University Naeen
• Azad Islamic University Najaf Abad
• Golpayegan University of Engineering
• Ashrafi Isfahani Academic Institute
• Isfahan University of Art
• Malek Ashtar University of Technology (MUT)
• University of Defense Sciences and Technologies
• Azad Islamic University of Ardestan
• Kashan University of Medical Sciences
• University of Kashan
• Khansar University of Mathematics & Computer Science
• Payamnoor University of Khansar
• Isfahan University of Medical Sciences
• Azad Islamic University of Falaverjan

See also

• List of historical buildings in Isfahan Province

Web links

Commons : Isfahan  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Isfahan Cultural Heritage Organization
• Website of the Ministry of Education in Isfahan

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City Population: Iran - Cities and Provinces .