Place:Kurdistan, Iran

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NameKurdistan
Alt namesKordestānsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
Kurdistansource: Wikipedia
Ostan of Kordetsansource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Ostān-e Kordestānsource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
TypeProvince
Coordinates35.667°N 47.0°E
Located inIran     (1961 - )
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Baneh
Bījār
Dehgolān
Dīvāndarreh
Marīvān
Qorveh
Sanandaj
Saqqez
Takāb
Ḥoseynābād
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Kurdistan Province or Kordestan Province, is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. The province of Kurdistan is 28,817 km2 in area.

It is located in the west of Iran, in Region 3. It borders the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to the west, the province of West Azerbaijan to the north, Zanjan to the northeast, Hamedan to the east and Kermanshah to the south. It exists within both Iranian Kurdistan and Kurdistan.

The capital of Kurdistan Province is the city of Sanandaj. Other counties with their major cities are Saqqez, Baneh, Diwandarreh, Bijar, Qorveh, Dehgolan, Kamyaran, Sarvabad and Marivan.

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History

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The earliest human occupation of Kurdistan dates back to Paleolithic Period when Neanderthal man lived in the Sirwan Valley of Kurdistan more than 40,000 years ago.

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