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Fars Province

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Fars Province

استان فارس
Map o Iran wi Fars heichlichtit
Location o Fars athin Iran
Kintra Iran
CaipitalShiraz
Coonties23
Area
 • Total122608 km2 (47,339 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)[1]
 • Total4,569,292
 • Density37/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC 03:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC 04:30 (IRST)
Main leid(s)Persie
Qashqai
Lurish
Dialects o Fars
Persepolis

Fars Province ([استان فارس Ostān-e Fārs] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help) pronooncit /fɑː(r)s/), umwhile spelt Pars, is ane o the 30 provinces an kent as Cultural Caipital o Iran. It is in the sooth o the kintra an its center is Shiraz. It haes an aurie o 122,400 km². In 2006, this province haed a population o 4.34 million fowk, o which 61.2% wur registered as urban dwellers, 38.1% veelagers, an 0.7% nomad tribes.[1]

Fars or Pars is the oreeginal hameland o the Persie fowk. The native name o the Persie leid is Fârsi or Pârsi. Persie an Persie baith derive frae the Hellenized form Πέρσις Persis o the ruit wird Pârs. The Auld Persie wird wis Pârsâ.

References

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  1. a b [1] National Census 2006