Provinces o Iran

Iran is subdividit intae thirty ane provinces (Persian: استان Ostān, plural استان‌ها Ostānhā), ilka ane govrened frae a local center, uisually the lairgest local ceety, which is cried the caipital (Persian:  Markaz) o that province. The provincial authority is heidit bi a Govrenor-General (Persian:  Ostāndār), who is appointit bi the Meenister o the Interior subject tae approval o the cabinet.

 Modren History 
Accordin tae Encyclopaedia BritannicaPersia entry in Encyclopaedia Britannica, in 1908 there wur thirty five admeenistrative diveesions in Persie, as follaes: 
 Provinces: 1. Arabistan an Bakhtiari, 2. Astarabad and Gurgan, 3. Azerbaijan, 4. Fars, 5. Gerrus, 6. Gilan and Talish, 7. Hamada[n], 8. Irak, Gulpaigan, Khunsar, [Kezzaz, Ferakan, an Tusirkhan], 9. Isfahan, 10. Kashan, 11. Kazvin, 12. Kerman an Baluchistan, 13. Kermanshah, 14. Kamseh, 15. Khar, 16. Khorasan, 17. Kum, 18. Kurdistan, 19. Luristan and Burujird, 20. Mazandaran, 21. Nehavend, Malayir and Kamereh, 22. Savah, 23. Samnan an Damghan, 24. Shahrud an Bostam, 25. Teheran, 26. Zerend an Bagdadi Shahsevens. 
 Dependencies: 1. Asadabad, 2. Demavend, 3. Firuzkuh, 4. Josehekan, 5. Kangaver, 6. Natanz, 7. [], 8. Tarom Ulia, 9. Kharakan.

Till 1950, Iran wis dividit intae twal provinces: Ardalan, Azarbaijan, Baluchestan, Fars, Gilan, Araq-e Ajam, Khorasan, Khuzestan, Kerman, Larestan, Lorestan, and Mazandaran.

In 1950, Iran wis reorganized tae form ten numbered provinces wi subordinate govrenorates: Gilan; Mazandaran; East Azarbaijan; Wast Azarbaijan; Kermanshah; Khuzestan; Fars; Kerman; Khorasan; Isfahan.

Frae 1960 tae 1981 the govrenorates wur raised tae provincial status ane bi ane. Syne then several new provinces hae been creatit, maist recently in 2004 when the province o Khorasan wis split intae three new provinces as well as splittin o the new Alborz Province frae Teheran province in 2010.

Current Provinces
 Provinces o Iran 

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