Back سيستان وبلوشستان (محافظة) Arabic سيستان و بلوتشستان (محافظه) ARZ Sistán y Baluchistán AST Систан ва Балучистан AV Sistan və Bəlucistan ostanı Azerbaijani سیستان و بلوچیستان اوستانی AZB Сыстан і Балучыстан BE-X-OLD Систан и Балучестан Bulgarian সিস্তান ও বেলুচিস্তান প্রদেশ Bengali/Bangla Sistan i Balutxistan Catalan
Sistan and Baluchestan Province
استان سیستان و بلوچستان
- سݔستان ءُ بلۏچستانءِ استان | |
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 Map of Iran with Sistan and Baluchestan province highlighted | |
| Coordinates: 28°17′N 61°07′E / 28.283°N 61.117°E[1] | |
| Country | Iran |
| Capital | Zahedan |
| Counties | 26 |
| Government | |
| • Governor-general | Mansour Bijar (Independent) |
| Area | |
• Total | 180,726 km2 (69,779 sq mi) |
| Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 2,775,014 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (40/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Baloch & Sistani |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| ISO 3166 code | IR-11 |
| Main language(s) | Baluchi Persian |
| HDI (2017) | 0.688[3] medium · 31st |
Sistan and Baluchestan province (Persian: استان سيستان و بلوچستان)[a] is the second largest of the 31 Provinces of Iran, after Kerman Province, with an area of 180,726 km2. Its capital is the city of Zahedan.[4] The province is in the southeast of the country, bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan.[5][6]
The name of the region was Baluchistan at first. Later it became «Baluchistan and Sistan», and today it has become «Sistan and Baluchestan».[7][8]
- ^ OpenStreetMap contributors (8 January 2025). "Sistan and Baluchestan Province" (Map). OpenStreetMap (in Persian). Retrieved 8 January 2025.
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- ^ Habibi, Hassan (5 March 2013) [Approved 21 June 1369]. Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Sistan and Baluchestan province, centered in the city of Zahedan. rc.majlis.ir (Report) (in Persian). Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board. Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 907-93808; Notification 82822/T129. Archived from the original on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2023 – via Research Center of the System of Laws of the Islamic Council of the Farabi Library of Mobile Users.
- ^ "معرفی استان سیستان و بلوچستان". hprc.zaums.ac.ir. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "آشنایی با استان سیستان و بلوچستان". hamshahrionline.ir. 25 May 2007. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "Inside Iran's Most Secretive Region". The Diplomat. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
Eighty years ago, this area was called "Balochistan." Later it became "Balochistan and Sistan" and today it's "Sistan and Balochistan"
- ^ "Sistan and Baluchestan Tourist and Travel Guide". ADVENTURE IRAN. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
Sistan and Baluchestan province comprises two large sections, Sistan in the north and Baluchestan in the south. The Farsi name "Sistan" comes from Old Persian Sakastana, meaning "Land of the Saka". The name Baluchestan- also written "Baluchestan"- means "Land of the Baluch" in the Persian language and is used to represent the majority of Baloch people inhabiting the province. Sistan was added to the name of the Baluchestan province to represent the minority Persian people who speak the Sistani dialect of Persian.
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