Qom province
Qom province (Persian: استان قم, Ostān-e Qom), pre-Islamic Komishan/Qomishan, is one of the 31 provinces of Iran with 11,237 km², covering 0.89% of the total area of the country. It is in the central part of the country, and its capital is the city of Qom. It was formed from part of Tehran province in 1995. At the time of the National Census in 2006 census, the province's population was 1,036,714, in 262,313 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,151,672 people in 320,977 households, of whom 95.2% resided in urban areas of the province. At the 2016 census, the province's population had risen to 1,292,283 in 383,532 households.
Qom province
استان قم | |
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| Coordinates: 34.6456°N 50.8798°E | |
| Country | Iran |
| Region | Region 1 |
| Capital | Qom |
| Counties | 3 |
| Government | |
| • Governor-general | Mohammad Aghamiri |
| • MPs of Assembly of Experts | 1 Mohammad Momen 2 Mohammad Yazdi 3 Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi |
| • Representative of the Supreme Leader | Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,526 km2 (4,450 sq mi) |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 1,292,283 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+03:30 (IRST) |
| Main language(s) | Persian |
| HDI (2017) | 0.816 very high · 7th |
The province was designated as part of Region 1 following the division of Iranian provinces into 5 regions which took place on June 22, 2014, for the purposes of coordination and development.