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Qom Province

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Also known as Ghom Province

province of Iran

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Qom Province is a region in Iran that serves as one of the country's most important religious and cultural centers, home to the holy city of Qom. The province is significant both within Iran and internationally due to its role as a major site of Islamic learning and pilgrimage.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
province of Iran
Country
Iran
Located in
Iran
Capital
Qom
Population
1046737
Area
11526
Time zone
UTC+03:30
Shares border with
Tehran Province
Official website
www.ghom.ir
Image
Qom Fatimah Ma'sumah Shrine 07.jpg
Unemployment rate
9.2
Dialing code
025
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Commons category
Qom Province
topic's main category
Category:Qom province
category of associated people
Category:People from Qom province
category for people born here
Category:Births in Qom Province
native label
استان قم
language used
Khalaj
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Encyclopedic overview

Qom Province (Persian: استان قم) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran with 11,237 km², covering 0.89% of the total area of the country. Its capital is the city of Qom.

The province is in the central part of the country and was formed from part of Tehran province in 1995. The province was designated as part of Region 1 following the division of Iranian provinces into 5 regions which took place on June 22, 2014, for the purposes of coordination and development.

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

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