Yazd province

Yazd province (Template:Langx)Template:Efn is one of the 31 provinces of Iran and is in the center of the country. Its capital is the city of Yazd.<ref name="Yazd Province Structure">Template:Cite report</ref> In 2014, it was placed in Region 5.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The province has an area of 76,469 km².

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province's population was 958,323 in 258,691 households.<ref name="2006 Yazd Province">Template:Cite report</ref> The 2011 national census counted 1,074,428 people living in 309,749 households.<ref name="2011 Yazd Province">Template:Cite report</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the province as 1,138,533 in 340,657 households, by which time Tabas County had been separated from the province to join South Khorasan province.<ref name="2016 Yazd Province">Template:Cite report</ref>

Administrative divisions

The population history and structural changes of Yazd Province's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.

Yazd Province

Counties	2006<ref name="2006 Yazd Province"/>	2011<ref name="2011 Yazd Province"/>	2016<ref name="2016 Yazd Province"/>
Abarkuh	42,610	46,662	51,552
Ardakan	66,900	77,758	97,960
Ashkezar	28,072	33,192	32,566
Bafq	51,507	41,876	50,845
BehabadTemplate:Efn	—	15,331	17,221
Khatam	31,695	35,158	36,562
MarvastTemplate:Efn	—	—	—
Mehriz	43,363	44,126	51,733
Meybod	70,728	82,840	99,727
TabasTemplate:Efn	63,047	69,658	—
Taft	45,357	45,145	43,893
Yazd	515,044	582,682	656,474
ZarachTemplate:Efn	—	—	—
Total	958,323	1,074,428	1,138,533

Cities

According to the 2016 census, 971,355 people (over 85% of the population of Yazd province) live in the following cities:<ref name="2016 Yazd Province"/>

City	Population
Abarkuh	27,524
Ahmadabad	6,046
Aqda	1,754
Ardakan	75,271
Ashkezar	19,123
Bafq	45,453
Bafruiyeh	6,939
Behabad	9,232
Hamidiya	51,793
Herat	13,032
Khezrabad	535
Marvast	9,379
Mehrdasht	8,097
Mehriz	34,237
Meybod	80,712
Nadushan	2,351
Nir	1,740
Shahediyeh	18,309
Taft	18,464
Yazd	529,673
Zarach	11,691

Geography

Yazd Province relief

Yazd Province with the area of Template:Convert<ref name=statoids>Statoids.com</ref> is situated in an oasis where the Dasht-e Kavir desert and the Dasht-e Lut desert meet. The city itself is sometimes called "the bride of the Kavir" because of its location, in a valley between Shir Kuh, the tallest mountain in the region at Template:Convert above sea level, and Kharaneq. The city proper is located at Template:Convert above sea-level, and covers Template:Convert.

Mountains of Yazd

• South- and Southwestern Mountains

This group is wider than the other ridges and includes Shir Kuh

• Eastern Mountains

They are located in the east of Yazd Province with the highest peaks being Bon Lokht (3002)

Gallery

Yazd panorama from the Amir Chakhmaq Complex.

The Zoroastrian temple of Yazd.

Amir Chakhmaq Complex