Back سيستان وبلوشستان (محافظة) Arabic سيستان و بلوتشستان (محافظه) ARZ Sistán y Baluchistán AST Систан ва Балучистан AV Sistan və Bəlucistan ostanı Azerbaijani سیستان و بلوچیستان اوستانی AZB Сыстан і Балучыстан BE-X-OLD Систан и Балучестан Bulgarian সিস্তন ও বালুচেস্তন প্রদেশ Bengali/Bangla Sistan i Balutxistan Catalan
Sistan and Baluchestan Province
استان سیستان و بلوچستان | |
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 Map of Iran with Sistan and Baluchestan Province highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 28°17′N 61°07′E / 28.283°N 61.117°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Capital | Zahedan |
| Counties | 26 |
| Government | |
| • Governor-general | Mohammad Karami |
| • MPs of Assembly of Experts | Abbas-Ali Soleimani and Ali Ahmad Salami |
| • Representative of the Supreme Leader | Mostafa Mahami |
| Area | |
| • Total | 180,726 km2 (69,779 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,775,014 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Baloch |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IR-11 |
| Main language(s) | Baluchi Persian |
| HDI (2017) | 0.688[3] medium · 31st |
Sistan and Baluchestan Province (Persian: استان سيستان و بلوچستان)[a] is the second largest of the 31 Provinces of Iran, after Kerman Province, with an area of 180,726 km2. Its capital is the city of Zahedan.[4] The province is in the southeast of the country, bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan.[5][6]
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province had a population of 2,349,049 in 468,025 households.[7] The following census in 2011 counted 2,534,327 inhabitants living in 587,921 households.[8] At the most recent census in 2016, the population had increased to 2,775,014 in 704,888 households.[2]
The Baloch form a majority 90% of the population and the Persian Sistani a minority. Smaller communities of Kurds (in the eastern highlands and near Iranshahr); the expatriate Brahui (along the border with Pakistan); and other resident and itinerant ethnic groups, such as the Romani, are also found within the province.
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (24 May 2024). "Sistan and Baluchestan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 13 September 2018.
- ^ Habibi, Hassan (21 June 1369). "Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Sistan and Baluchestan province, centered in the city of Zahedan". Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users (in Persian). Ministry of Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "معرفی استان سیستان و بلوچستان". hprc.zaums.ac.ir. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "آشنایی با استان سیستان و بلوچستان". hamshahrionline.ir. 25 May 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)". Syracuse University (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 11. Archived from the original (Excel) on 25 November 2022. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
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