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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0ran%C4%B1n_inzibati_b%C3%B6lg%C3%BCs%C3%BC" title="İranın inzibati bölgüsü – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="İranın inzibati bölgüsü" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%97" title="ইরানের প্রশাসনিক বিভাগ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ইরানের প্রশাসনিক বিভাগ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_%C3%AA_h%C3%AAng-ch%C3%A8ng-khu" title="Iran ê hêng-chèng-khu – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Iran ê hêng-chèng-khu" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D0%B9%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%86%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Адміністрацыйны падзел Ірана – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Адміністрацыйны падзел Ірана" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BC%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D0%B9%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%82%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D0%B5%D0%BB_%D0%86%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%83" title="Адміністрацыйна-тэрытарыяльны падзел Ірану – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Адміністрацыйна-тэрытарыяльны падзел Ірану" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%BE_%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B5_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD" title="Административно деление на Иран – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Административно деление на Иран" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organitzaci%C3%B3_territorial_de_l%27Iran" title="Organització territorial de l'Iran – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Organització territorial de l'Iran" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrativn%C3%AD_d%C4%9Blen%C3%AD_%C3%8Dr%C3%A1nu" title="Administrativní dělení Íránu – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Administrativní dělení Íránu" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verwaltungsgliederung_des_Iran" title="Verwaltungsgliederung des Iran – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Verwaltungsgliederung des Iran" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizaci%C3%B3n_territorial_de_Ir%C3%A1n" title="Organización territorial de Irán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Organización territorial de Irán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranen_banaketa_administratiboa" title="Iranen banaketa administratiboa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Iranen banaketa administratiboa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86" title="تقسیمات کشوری در ایران – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تقسیمات کشوری در ایران" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%9E%80%EC%9D%98_%ED%96%89%EC%A0%95_%EA%B5%AC%EC%97%AD" title="이란의 행정 구역 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="이란의 행정 구역" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BB%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B9%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%AA%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B4" title="Իրանի վարչական բաժանում – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Իրանի վարչական բաժանում" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pembagian_administratif_Iran" title="Pembagian administratif Iran – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pembagian administratif Iran" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%85" title="Ираны административон дих – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Ираны административон дих" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suddivisioni_dell%27Iran" title="Suddivisioni dell'Iran – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Suddivisioni dell'Iran" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%8B%D2%A3_%D3%99%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BC%D1%88%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA_%D0%B1%D3%A9%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96" title="Иранның әкімшілік бөлінісі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Иранның әкімшілік бөлінісі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ir%C4%81nas_administrat%C4%ABvais_iedal%C4%ABjums" title="Irānas administratīvais iedalījums – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Irānas administratīvais iedalījums" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%82%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A9" title="تقسیمات ایران الاداریة – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="تقسیمات ایران الاداریة" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9B%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%84%E1%80%B6%E1%81%8F_%E1%80%A1%E1%80%AF%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AF%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B1%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%B1%E1%80%92%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9E%E1%80%99%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8" title="အီရန်နိုင်ငံ၏ အုပ်ချုပ်ရေးနယ်မြေဒေသများ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="အီရန်နိုင်ငံ၏ အုပ်ချုပ်ရေးနယ်မြေဒေသများ" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%A8" title="इरानया प्रशासनिक विभाजन – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="इरानया प्रशासनिक विभाजन" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%81%AE%E5%9C%B0%E6%96%B9%E8%A1%8C%E6%94%BF%E5%8C%BA%E7%94%BB" title="イランの地方行政区画 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="イランの地方行政区画" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undernasjonale_omr%C3%A5de_i_Iran" title="Undernasjonale område i Iran – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Undernasjonale område i Iran" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eronning_ma%CA%BCmuriy-hududiy_bo%CA%BBlinishi" title="Eronning maʼmuriy-hududiy boʻlinishi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Eronning maʼmuriy-hududiy boʻlinishi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a 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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/40px-Ambox_important.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/60px-Ambox_important.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b4/Ambox_important.svg/80px-Ambox_important.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="40" data-file-height="40" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This article <b>needs attention from an expert in Iran</b>. See the <a href="/wiki/Talk:Administrative_divisions_of_Iran#Double_tables_with_almost_the_same_numbers" title="Talk:Administrative divisions of Iran">talk page</a> for details.<span class="hide-when-compact"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Iran" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Iran">WikiProject Iran</a> may be able to help recruit an expert.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2020</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The first level of <a href="/wiki/Country_subdivision" class="mw-redirect" title="Country subdivision">country subdivisions</a> of Iran are the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Iran" title="Provinces of Iran">provinces</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">استان‌ها</span>; <i>ostānhā</i>). Each province is further subdivided into counties called <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Iran" title="Counties of Iran">shahrestan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">شهرستان</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Persian" title="Romanization of Persian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">shahrestān</i></span>), and each county (or shahrestan) is subdivided into districts called <a href="/wiki/Bakhsh" title="Bakhsh">bakhsh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">بخش</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Persian" title="Romanization of Persian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">bakhsh</i></span>). There are usually a few cities (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">شهر</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Persian" title="Romanization of Persian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">shahr</i></span>) and rural districts called <a href="/wiki/Dehestan_(administrative_division)" title="Dehestan (administrative division)">dehestan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">دهستان</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Persian" title="Romanization of Persian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Persian-language romanization"><i lang="fa-Latn">dehestān</i></span>) in each district (or bakhsh). Rural districts are a collection of a number of villages. One of the cities of the county is appointed as the capital of the county.</p><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"> <div role="img" class="noresize" style="width: 450px; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Blank-Map-Iran-With-Water-Bodies.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Blank-Map-Iran-With-Water-Bodies.PNG/450px-Blank-Map-Iran-With-Water-Bodies.PNG" decoding="async" width="450" height="414" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Blank-Map-Iran-With-Water-Bodies.PNG/675px-Blank-Map-Iran-With-Water-Bodies.PNG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Blank-Map-Iran-With-Water-Bodies.PNG 2x" data-file-width="895" data-file-height="823" /></a></span> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:129px; top:109px"><a href="/wiki/Alborz_province" title="Alborz province">Alborz</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:73.2px; top:37.9px"><a href="/wiki/Ardabil_province" title="Ardabil province">Ardabil</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:141.15px; top:308.8px"><a href="/wiki/Bushehr_province" title="Bushehr province">Bushehr</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:106.95px; top:211.15px"><a href="/wiki/Chaharmahal_and_Bakhtiari_province" title="Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province">Chaharmahal<br />and Bakhtiari</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:157.8px; top:180.1px"><a href="/wiki/Isfahan_province" title="Isfahan province">Isfahan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:183.9px; top:288.1px"><a href="/wiki/Fars_province" title="Fars province">Fars</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:102.9px; top:73px"><a href="/wiki/Gilan_province" title="Gilan province">Gilan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:211.8px; top:82px"><a href="/wiki/Golestan_province" title="Golestan province">Golestan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:73.2px; top:131.95px"><a href="/wiki/Hamadan_province" title="Hamadan province">Hamadan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:244.2px; top:343px"><a href="/wiki/Hormozgan_province" title="Hormozgan province">Hormozgan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:42.15px; top:184.15px"><a href="/wiki/Ilam_province" title="Ilam province">Ilam</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:273px; top:271px"><a href="/wiki/Kerman_province" title="Kerman province">Kerman</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:5.25px; top:145.9px"><a href="/wiki/Kermanshah_province" title="Kermanshah province">Kermanshah</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:71.85px; top:234.1px"><a href="/wiki/Khuzestan_province" title="Khuzestan province">Khuzestan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:102.9px; top:248.05px"><a href="/wiki/Kohgiluyeh_and_Boyer-Ahmad_province" title="Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province">Kohgiluyeh and<br />Boyer-Ahmad</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:39px; top:113.95px"><a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_province" title="Kurdistan province">Kurdistan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:70.05px; top:177.85px"><a href="/wiki/Lorestan_province" title="Lorestan province"> Lorestan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:103.8px; top:163.9px"><a href="/wiki/Markazi_province" title="Markazi province">Markazi</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:156px; top:99.1px"><a href="/wiki/Mazandaran_province" title="Mazandaran province">Mazandaran</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:102.45px; top:100px"><a href="/wiki/Qazvin_province" title="Qazvin province">Qazvin</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:139.8px; top:144.1px"><a href="/wiki/Qom_province" title="Qom province">Qom</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:304.05px; top:109px"><a href="/wiki/Razavi_Khorasan_province" title="Razavi Khorasan province">Razavi<br />Khorasan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:210px; top:125.2px"><a href="/wiki/Semnan_province" title="Semnan province">Semnan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:354.9px; top:325px"><a href="/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_province" title="Sistan and Baluchestan province">Sistan and<br />Baluchestan </a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:151.05px; top:119.8px"><a href="/wiki/Tehran_province" title="Tehran province">Tehran</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:224.85px; top:212.05px"><a href="/wiki/Yazd_province" title="Yazd province">Yazd</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:75px; top:86.5px"><a href="/wiki/Zanjan_province" title="Zanjan province">Zanjan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:264px; top:65.8px"><a href="/wiki/North_Khorasan_province" title="North Khorasan province">North<br />Khorasan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:313.95px; top:194.95px"><a href="/wiki/South_Khorasan_province" title="South Khorasan province">South<br />Khorasan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:11.1px; top:74.8px"><a href="/wiki/West_Azerbaijan_province" title="West Azerbaijan province">West<br />Azerbaijan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:33.15px; top:46.9px"><a href="/wiki/East_Azerbaijan_province" title="East Azerbaijan province">East<br />Azerbaijan</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:129px; top:37px"><a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea"><b style="color: #48A3B5">Caspian Sea</b></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:140.25px; top:374.5px"><a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf"><b style="color: #48A3B5">Persian Gulf</b></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:354px; top:37px"><a href="/wiki/Turkmenistan" title="Turkmenistan"><i style="color: #48A3B5">Turkmenistan</i></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:385.5px; top:172px"><a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan"><i style="color: #48A3B5">Afghanistan</i></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:399px; top:289px"><a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan"><i style="color: #48A3B5">Pakistan</i></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:61.5px; top:1px"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan"><i style="color: #48A3B5">Azerbaijan</i></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:12px; top:1px"><a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia"><i style="color: #48A3B5">Armenia</i></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:-1.5px; top:14.5px"><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey"><i style="color: #48A3B5">T<br />u<br />r<br />k<br />e<br />y</i></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:16.5px; top:217px"><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq"><i style="color: #48A3B5">Iraq</i></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:39px; top:289px"><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait"><i style="color: #48A3B5">Kuwait</i></a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:16.5px; top:352px"><a href="/wiki/Saudi_Arabia" title="Saudi Arabia"><i style="color: #48A3B5">Saudi Arabia</i></a></div> </div> </div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><small>Map of Iran's Provinces</small></div> <p>According to the Statistical Center of Iran, the figures are as follows, as of March 2016<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Iran&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> (end of <a href="/wiki/Iranian_calendars" title="Iranian calendars">Iranian calendar</a> 1394): <sup id="cite_ref-auto_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>English </th> <th>Persian sing. </th> <th>Persian pl. </th> <th>number </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Iran" title="Provinces of Iran">Provinces</a> </td> <td>استان <i>ostān</i> </td> <td>استان‌ها <i>ostānhā</i> </td> <td>31 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Iran" title="Counties of Iran">Counties</a> </td> <td>شهرستان <i>shahrestān</i> </td> <td>شهرستانها <i>shahrestānhā</i> </td> <td>429 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Iran" class="mw-redirect" title="Districts of Iran">Districts</a> </td> <td>بخش <i>bakhsh</i> </td> <td>بخشها <i>bakhshhā</i> </td> <td>1057 </td></tr> <tr> <td>cities </td> <td>شهر <i>shahr</i> </td> <td>شهرها <i>shahr hā</i> </td> <td>1245 </td></tr> <tr> <td>rural districts </td> <td>دهستان <i>dehestān</i> </td> <td>دهستانها <i>dehestānhā</i> </td> <td>2589 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Guide">Guide</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Iran&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Guide"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The total population of a province is the total of its counties. </p><p>The total population of a county is the total of its districts. </p><p>The total population of a district is the total of its cities and rural districts. </p><p>To better understand these subdivisions, the following table for <a href="/wiki/Sepidan_County" title="Sepidan County">Sepidan County</a> in <a href="/wiki/Fars_province" title="Fars province">Fars province</a> (as it existed in 2006) is an example showing the hierarchy of a county's divisions: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Sepidan County (2006)<sup id="cite_ref-2006_census_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2006_census-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Administrative division</th> <th>Pop. </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Central_District_(Sepidan_County)" title="Central District (Sepidan County)">Central District</a></b></td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>24,059</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Khafri_Rural_District" title="Khafri Rural District">Khafri Rural District</a></td> <td style="text-align: right;">4,035 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Komehr_Rural_District" title="Komehr Rural District">Komehr Rural District</a></td> <td style="text-align: right;">3,812 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Ardakan" title="Ardakan">Ardakan</a> (city)</td> <td style="text-align: right;">16,212 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Beyza_County" title="Beyza County">Beyza District</a></b><sup>1</sup></td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>36,694</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Banesh_Rural_District" title="Banesh Rural District">Banesh Rural District</a></td> <td style="text-align: right;">9,718 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Beyza_Rural_District" title="Beyza Rural District">Beyza Rural District</a></td> <td style="text-align: right;">13,761 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Kushk-e_Hezar_Rural_District" title="Kushk-e Hezar Rural District">Kushk-e Hezar Rural District</a></td> <td style="text-align: right;">9,622 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Beyza" title="Beyza">Beyza</a> (city)</td> <td style="text-align: right;">3,593 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hamaijan_District" title="Hamaijan District">Hamaijan District</a></b></td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>27,048</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Hamaijan_Rural_District" title="Hamaijan Rural District">Hamaijan Rural District</a></td> <td style="text-align: right;">15,449 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Shesh_Pir_Rural_District" title="Shesh Pir Rural District">Shesh Pir Rural District</a></td> <td style="text-align: right;">8,197 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Sornabad_Rural_District" title="Sornabad Rural District">Sornabad Rural District</a></td> <td style="text-align: right;">3,402 </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Total</b></td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>87,801</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;"><sup>1</sup> Became a part of Beyza County</span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iran_provinces_and_counties_1956_English.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Iran_provinces_and_counties_1956_English.svg/500px-Iran_provinces_and_counties_1956_English.svg.png" decoding="async" width="500" height="496" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Iran_provinces_and_counties_1956_English.svg/750px-Iran_provinces_and_counties_1956_English.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Iran_provinces_and_counties_1956_English.svg/1000px-Iran_provinces_and_counties_1956_English.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="2074" data-file-height="2059" /></a><figcaption>Administrative divisions of Iran in 1956</figcaption></figure> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Iran&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Iran" title="Provinces of Iran">Ostan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/-stan" title="-stan">-stan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/-abad" class="mw-redirect" title="-abad">-abad</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References_and_notes">References and notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Administrative_divisions_of_Iran&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References and notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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