Kohgiluyeh_and_Boyer-Ahmad
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province
Province of Iran
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province (Persian: استان کهگیلویه و بویراحمد, Ostân-e Kohgiluyeh va Buyer-Ahmad; Luri: استان کهگیلویه و بِیرَمَد, Ostān-e Kohgīlūya-vo Beyramad) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, in Iran's Region 2,[3] and its capital is Yasuj. The province covers an area of 15,563 square kilometers, and in 2006 had a population of 621,428 in 125,779 households.[4] According to the National Population and Housing Census, the population of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in 2011 was 658,629 in 156,176 households.[5] At the latest census in 2016, the population had risen to 713,052 inhabitants in 186,320 households.[1] The people mainly speak the Luri language.