Razavi Khorasan province
Razavi Khorasan Province
Persian: استان خراسان رضوی | |
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Location of Khorasan-e Razavi province within Iran | |
| Coordinates: 35°47′N 58°42′E / 35.783°N 58.700°E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Region | Region 5 |
| Capital | Mashhad |
| Counties | 34 |
| Government | |
| • Governor-general | Gholam Hossein Mozaffari (Reformist) |
| Area | |
• Total | 118,884 km2 (45,901 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 3,211 m (10,535 ft) |
| Lowest elevation (Sarakhs) | 299 m (981 ft) |
| Population (2016) | |
• Total | 6,434,501 |
• Estimate (2020) | 6,871,000 |
| • Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Khorasani (Persian: خراسانی) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| Area code | 051 |
| ISO 3166 code | IR-09 |
| Main language(s) | Persian |
| HDI (2017) | 0.781 high · 19th |
| Website | http://ostandari.khorasan.ir/ |
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Razavi Khorasan province (Persian: استان خراسان رضوی) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran, located in northeastern Iran. Its capital is the city of Mashhad, the second-most-populous city in Iran.
Razavi Khorasan is one of the three provinces that were created after the division of Khorasan Province in 2004. In 2014, it was placed in Region 5 with Mashhad as the location of the region's secretariat.