page_title: Semnan Province
hierarchical_section_title: Semnan Province
caption_attribution_description: English: Entrance of shrine of Bayazid Bastami, Iranian famous sufi.
context_page_description: Semnan Province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the north of the country, and its center is Semnan. The province of Semnan covers an area of 96,816 square kilometers and stretches along the Alborz mountain range and borders to Dasht-e Kavir desert in its southern parts.
  The province was put as part of Region 1 upon the division of the provinces into 5 regions solely for coordination and development purposes on June 22, 2014.
  Counties of the province include Semnan County, Aradan County, Damghan County, Shahrud County, Mehdishahr County, Meyami County, Sorkheh County& Garmsar County. In 1996, the province had a population of about 501,000, and in 2005 the city of Semnan had a population of 119,778, while the city of Shahrud, which accounts for being the largest city of this province, had a population of 231,831.
context_section_description: Semnan Province (Persian: استان سمنان‎, Ôstâň-e Śemnân ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.  It is in the north of the country, and its center is Semnan. The province of Semnan covers an area of 96,816 square kilometers and stretches along the Alborz mountain range and borders to Dasht-e Kavir desert in its southern parts.
  The province was put as part of Region 1 upon the division of the provinces into 5 regions solely for coordination and development purposes on June 22, 2014.
  Counties of the province include Semnan County, Aradan County, Damghan County, Shahrud County, Mehdishahr County, Meyami County, Sorkheh County& Garmsar County. In 1996, the province had a population of about 501,000 (631,218 in 2011), and in 2005 the city of Semnan (the capital of the province) had a population of 119,778, while the city of Shahrud, which accounts for being the largest city of this province, had a population of 231,831.
caption: The entrance of Bayazid Shrine
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