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Fars Province is a major province located in southern Iran that has historically been one of the country's most important regions. It matters because it contains significant cultural and historical sites, including the ancient Persian capitals of Persepolis and Pasargadae, making it central to Iran's heritage and identity.
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- Instance of
- province of Iran
- Country
- Iran
- Located in
- Iran
- Contains
- Kherameh County
- Capital
- Shiraz
- Population
- 4336878
- Area
- 122608
- Time zone
- UTC+04:30
- Shares border with
- Hormozgan Province
- Image
- Fars - Dorudzan - Dashtak - panoramio.jpg
- Unemployment rate
- 12.4
- Dialing code
- 073262
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- topic's main category
- Category:Fars province
- Commons category
- Fars Province
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Fars province
- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Fars Province
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Fars Province
- native label
- استان فارس
- language used
- Achomi
- topic has template
- Template:Fars Province
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Encyclopedic overview
Fars Province, historically known as Pars, Farsistan, and Persis, is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of Shiraz.
Fars province has an area of 122,400 km and is located in Iran's southwest, in Region 2. It neighbours the provinces of Bushehr to the west, Hormozgan to the south, Kerman and Yazd to the east, Isfahan to the north, and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad to the northwest.
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