Kordestan (province) - Definition

Map showing Iranian province of Kordestan

Kordestan is one of the 30 provinces of Iran, not to be confused with the greater geographical area of Kurdistan. It is in the west of the country, bordering Iraq. This province is one of the most mountanous provinces of Iran and has a generally cold climate.

The center of this province is the city of Sanandaj. Other major cities of this province are Marivan, Baneh, Saqqez, Qorveh, Bijar and Sardasht. Sorani-Kurdish is the spoken language of the majority of the people in this province which is a North-Western Iranian language related to Persian.

The region's historical name is Ardalan.

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Provinces of Iran
Ardabil \| Bushehr \| Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari \| East Azarbaijan \| Isfahan \| Fars \| Guilan \| Golestan \| Hamadan \| Hormozgan \| Ilam \| Kerman \| Kermanshah \| Khuzestan \| Kohkiluyeh and Buyer Ahmad \| Kurdistan \| Lorestan \| Markazi \| Mazandaran \| North Khorasan \| Qazvin \| Qom \| Razavi Khorasan \| Semnan \| Sistan and Baluchistan \| South Khorasan \| Tehran \| West Azarbaijan \| Yazd \| Zanjan

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Kordestan (province) - Definition

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