List of Iranian provinces
Interactive map of Iran's provinces.
The provinces of Iran (Persian: استان) are thirty-one in number. Each province is governed from a provincial capital (Persian: مرکز), which currently also happens to be each province's largest city.
| Code | Province | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| AL | Alborz | Karaj |
| AR | Ardabil | Ardabil |
| EA | Azerbaijan, East | Tabríz |
| WA | Azerbaijan, West | Urmia |
| BS | Bushehr | Búshihr |
| CM | Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari | Shahrekord |
| FA | Fars | Shíráz |
| GI | Gilan | Rasht |
| GO | Golestan | Gorgan |
| HD | Hamadan | Hamadán |
| HG | Hormozgān | Bandar-‘Abbás |
| IL | Ilam | Ilam |
| ES | Isfahan | Iṣfahán |
| KE | Kerman | Kirmán |
| BK | Kermanshah | Kirmánsháh |
| KS | Khorasan, North | Bojnourd |
| KV | Khorasan, Razavi | Mashhad |
| KJ | Khorasan, South | Bírjand |
| KZ | Khuzestan | Ahváz |
| KB | Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad | Yasuj |
| KD | Kurdistan | Sanandaj |
| LO | Lorestan | Khorramábád |
| MK | Markazi | Arak |
| MN | Mazandaran | Sari |
| QZ | Qazvin | Qazvín |
| QM | Qom | Qum |
| SM | Semnan | Simnán |
| SB | Sistan and Baluchestan | Zahedan |
| TE | Tehran | Ṭihrán |
| YA | Yazd | Yazd |
| ZA | Zanjan | Zanján |