West Azerbaijan province
West Azerbaijan Province
استان آذربایجان غربی (Persian) | |
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Location of West Azerbaijan province within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 37°52′N 44°53′E / 37.867°N 44.883°E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Region | Region 3 |
| Capital | Urmia |
| Counties | 20 |
| Government | |
| • Governor-general | Reza Rahmani |
| Area | |
• Total | 37,437 km2 (14,455 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 3,265,219 |
| • Density | 87.219/km2 (225.90/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| Area code | 44 |
| Main language(s) | Persian (official) local languages: Armenian Assyrian Neo-Aramaic Azerbaijani Kurdish Lishán Didán |
| HDI (2017) | 0.758 high · 26th |
West Azerbaijan province (Persian: استان آذربایجان غربی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, whose capital and largest city is Urmia.
It is in the northwest of the country, bordered by Turkey (Ağrı, Hakkâri, Iğdır and Van Provinces), Iraq (Erbil and Sulaymaniyah Governorates) and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, as well as the Iranian provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan, and Kurdistan. West Azerbaijan province is part of Region 3. It forms part of the area unofficially known as Iranian Kurdistan. It is separated from Armenia by Turkey's short border with the Azerbaijan Republic. The province covers an area of 39,487 km2, or 43,660 km2 including Lake Urmia.