Fars province
Pars/Fars
استان فارس | |
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Clockwise from top right: Tomb of Cyrus the Great, Pasargadae; Arg of Karim Khan, Shiraz; a canola field, Alamarvdasht; Bishapur Valley; Naqsh-e Rostam; Persepolis | |
Location of Pars 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 |
| • Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| Area code | 071 |
| ISO 3166 code | IR-07 |
| Main language(s) | |
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
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| 2006 | 4,220,721 | — |
| 2011 | 4,596,658 | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 4,851,274 | +5.5% |
Fars Province or Pars Province, also known as Persis or Farsistan (فارسستان), is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Shiraz.
Pars 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.