Place:Yazd, Iran

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NameYazd
Alt namesAsagartasource: Historical Atlas of Iran (1971) plate 6; Livius. Articles on ancient history [online] (2003) accessed 28 July 2003
Yazdsource: Wikipedia
TypeProvince
Coordinates31.917°N 54.367°E
Located inIran
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Ardakan
Bāfq
Kharānaq
Mehrīz
Tabas
Taft
Yazd ( 400 - )
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Yazd Province (Ostān-e Yazd) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the centre of the country, and its administrative center is the city of Yazd. In 2014, it was placed in Region 5.

The province has an area of 76,469 km2, and according to the most recent divisions of the country, is divided into ten counties: Abarkuh County, Ardakan County, Bafq County, Behabad County, Khatam County, Mehriz County, Meybod County, Ashkezar County, Taft County, and Yazd County. According to the 1996 census, Yazd province had a population of about 750,769, of which 75.1% were urban residents while 24.9% resided in rural areas. At the 2011 census, its population (including Tabas County, which was transferred to South Khorasan Province) was 1,074,428, in 258,691 families; excluding Tabas County, its population (as of 2006) was 895,276, in 241,846 families.

The city of Yazd is the economic and administrative capital of the province and therefore the most heavily populated.

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