Alborz_Province
Alborz province
Province of Iran
Alborz province (Persian: استان البرز, Ostān-e Alborz) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran.[1][2][3] Karaj is the capital of the province, which lies 10 km west of Tehran, at the foothills of the Alborz mountains. Alborz is Iran's smallest province in terms of area.[2]
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At the time of the 2006 National Census, the districts that were later to form the province had a population of 2,053,233.[4] The first census after the creation of Alborz province counted 2,412,513 people in 2011.[5] According to the National Census of 2016, the population had increased to 2,712,400 people, of whom 92.6% lived in urban areas.[6] The majority of the population of Alborz identify as ethnic Persians.