Fars province
Fars
استان فارس (Persian) | |
|---|---|
Location of Fars Province within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 29°25′N 53°14′E / 29.417°N 53.233°E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Region | Region 2 |
| Capital | Shiraz |
| Counties | 37 |
| Government | |
| • Governor-general | Hossein-Ali Amiri (Independent) |
| Area | |
• Total | 122,608 km2 (47,339 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 4,851,274 |
• Estimate (2020) | 5,051,000 |
| • Rank | 4th |
| • Density | 39.5674/km2 (102.479/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| Area code | 071 |
| ISO 3166 code | IR-07 |
| Main language(s) | |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4,220,721 | — |
| 2011 | 4,596,658 | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 4,851,274 | +5.5% |
Fars Province, historically known as Pars, Farsistan, and Persis, is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Shiraz.
Fars province has an area of 122,400 km2 and is located in Iran's southwest, in Region 2. It neighbours the provinces of Bushehr to the west, Hormozgan to the south, Kerman and Yazd to the east, Isfahan to the north, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad to the northwest.