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Kurdistan Province is a region in northwestern Iran that is home to the Kurdish people, an ethnic group with their own distinct language and culture. It matters because it represents an important part of Iran's ethnic and cultural diversity, though the Kurdish population spans across multiple countries in the Middle East.
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Kurdistan province (Persian: استان کردستان Ostān-e Kordestān) is one of 31 provinces of Iran. The province is 28,817 km (11,126 sq mi) in area and its capital is the city of Sanandaj.
Kurdistan province is located in the west of Iran, in Region 3. It borders the Kurdistan region of Iraq to the west, and the Iranian provinces of West Azerbaijan to the north, Zanjan to the northeast, Hamadan to the east, and Kermanshah to the south. It forms part of the area unofficially known as Iranian Kurdistan.