Yazd Province

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Yazd Province
استان یزد (Persian)
Province
Alexander's Prison (Zendaan-e Eskandar)
Moshir Caravansary
Location of Yazd Province within Iran
Location of Yazd Province within Iran
Coordinates: 31°30′N 54°40′E / 31.500°N 54.667°E / 31.500; 54.667[1]
CountryIran
RegionRegion 5
CapitalYazd
Counties12
Government
 • Governor-generalMohammad-Reza Babaei (Principlist)
Area
 • Total
76,469 km2 (29,525 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total
1,138,533
 • Density14.889/km2 (38.562/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+03:30 (IRST)
Main language(s)Persian
HDI (2017)0.824[3]
very high · 5th
Websiteostanyazd.ir

Yazd province (Persian: استان یزد)[a] is one of the 31 provinces of Iran and is in the center of the country. Its capital is the city of Yazd.[4] In 2014, it was placed in Region 5.[5] The province has an area of 76,469 km2.

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province's population was 958,323 in 258,691 households.[6] The 2011 national census counted 1,074,428 people living in 309,749 households.[7] The 2016 census measured the population of the province as 1,138,533 in 340,657 households, by which time Tabas County had been separated from the province to join South Khorasan province.[2]

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Yazd Province's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Yazd Province
Counties2006[6]2011[7]2016[2]
Abarkuh42,61046,66251,552
Ardakan66,90077,75897,960
Ashkezar28,07233,19232,566
Bafq51,50741,87650,845
Behabad[b]—15,33117,221
Khatam31,69535,15836,562
Marvast[c]———
Mehriz43,36344,12651,733
Meybod70,72882,84099,727
Tabas[d]63,04769,658—
Taft45,35745,14543,893
Yazd515,044582,682656,474
Zarach[e]———
Total958,3231,074,4281,138,533

Cities

According to the 2016 census, 971,355 people (over 85% of the population of Yazd province) live in the following cities:[2]

CityPopulation
Abarkuh27,524
Ahmadabad6,046
Aqda1,754
Ardakan75,271
Ashkezar19,123
Bafq45,453
Bafruiyeh6,939
Behabad9,232
Hamidiya51,793
Herat13,032
Khezrabad535
Marvast9,379
Mehrdasht8,097
Mehriz34,237
Meybod80,712
Nadushan2,351
Nir1,740
Shahediyeh18,309
Taft18,464
Yazd529,673
Zarach11,691

Geography

Yazd Province relief

Yazd Province with the area of 129,285 km2 (49,917 sq mi)[12] is situated in an oasis where the Dasht-e Kavir desert and the Dasht-e Lut desert meet. The city itself is sometimes called "the bride of the Kavir" because of its location, in a valley between Shir Kuh, the tallest mountain in the region at 4,075 m (13,369 ft) above sea level, and Kharaneq. The city proper is located at 1,203 m (3,947 ft) above sea-level, and covers 16,000 km2 (6,200 sq mi).

Mountains of Yazd

  • South- and Southwestern Mountains

This group is wider than the other ridges and includes Shir Kuh.

  • Eastern Mountains

They are located in the east of Yazd Province with the highest peaks being Bon Lokht (3002).

Yazd panorama from the Amir Chakhmaq Complex.
The Zoroastrian temple of Yazd.
Amir Chakhmaq Complex

See also

Wikimedia Commons logo Media related to Yazd Province at Wikimedia Commons

Notes

  1. Also romanised as Ostān-e Yazd
  2. Separated from Bafq County after the 2006 census[8]
  3. Separated from Khatam County after the 2016 census[9]
  4. Transferred to South Khorasan Province after the 2011 census[10]
  5. Separated from Yazd County after the 2016 census[11]

References

  1. OpenStreetMap contributors (12 November 2024). "Yazd Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1395 : استان یزد [General Population and Housing Census 2016: Yazd Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 18 November 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  3. "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
  4. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Yazd province centered on Yazd city. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Council. c. 2023 [Approved 21 June 1369]. Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808-907; Notification 82828/T127K. Archived from the original on 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.
  5. "همشهری آنلاین-استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند (Provinces were divided into 5 regions)". Hamshahri Online (in Persian). 22 June 2014 [1 Tir 1393, Jalaali]. Archived from the original on 23 June 2014.
  6. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1385 : استان یزد [General Population and Housing Census 2006: Yazd Province]. مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran] (in Persian). Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. سرشماري عمومي نفوس و مسكن 1390 : استان یزد [General Population and Housing Census 2011: Yazd Province]. Iran Data Portal—Syracuse University (in Persian). مرکز آمار ایران [Statistical Centre of Iran]. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 January 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. Ahmadinejad, Mahmud (c. 2023) [Approved 5 July 1388]. Approval letter regarding reforms and divisional changes in Yazd province. lamtakam.com (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Notification 99601/T43155H. Archived from the original on 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023 – via Lam ta Kam.
  9. Jahangiri, Ishaq (c. 2022) [Approved 27 April 1400]. Letter of approval regarding national divisions in Khatam County, Yazd province. qavanin.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 17958. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 20 November 2023 – via Laws and Regulations Portal of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
  10. Rahimi, Mohammad Reza (19 December 2013) [Approved 24 October 2013]. Approval letter regarding the abstraction of Tabas County from Yazd province and its annexation to South Khorasan province. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 19089/42/1/19089; Notification 252554/T46736H. Archived from the original on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2023 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users.
  11. Mokhbar, Mohammad (3 May 2023) [Approved 11 December 1401]. Letter of approval regarding the national divisions of Yazd province. sdil.ac.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers. Proposal 123883; Notification 214685/T60374H. Archived from the original on 7 May 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2024 – via Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute.
  12. Statoids.com