Golestan province

Golestan Province

استان گلستان
Golestan Province استان گلستان
Province
	Location of Golestan Province in Iran
	Coordinates: 36.8393°N 54.4444°E
Country	Iran
Region	Region 1[1]
Capital	Gorgan
Counties	14
Area [2]
• Total	20,367 km2 (7,864 sq mi)
Population (2015)
• Total	1,868,819
• Density	92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+03:30 (IRST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+04:30 (IRST)
Area code(s)	017
Main language(s)	Persian Mazandarani ; Turkmen
HDI (2017)	0.778[3]; high · 20th
Website	http://golestanp.ir/

Golestan Province (Persian: استان گلستان, Ostān-e Golestān) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is Gorgan. It is to the south of Caspian Sea.

References

"استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند". hamshahrionline.ir. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
Iranian Statistical Yearbook 1385
"Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.

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[ReferenceA-1] "استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند". hamshahrionline.ir. Retrieved 19 March 2018.

[2] Iranian Statistical Yearbook 1385

[GlobalDataLab-3] "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 2018-09-13.