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Fars Province

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Fars Province

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Also known as Pars province

province of Iran

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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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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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fars Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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