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{{Short description|Province of Iran}}
{{distinguish|Isfahan County}}
{{for-multi|the city|Isfahan|other uses of a similar name|Isfahan (disambiguation){{!}}Isfahan}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                            = Isfahan province
| native_name                     = {{native name|fa|استان اصفهان}}
| settlement_type                 = [[Provinces of Iran|Province]]
| image_skyline                   = {{multiple image
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| total_width = 300
| perrow      = 1/1/2/2/2
| image1      = Si-o-se Pol, Isfahan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 07-15 HDR PAN.jpg
| alt1        = Si-o-se Pol
| image2      = Ālī Qāpū in blue time.jpg
| alt2        = Ālī Qāpū
| image3      = Mezquita de Agha Bozorg, Kashan, Irán, 2016-09-19, DD 81.jpg
| alt3        = Agha Bozorg
| image4      = Isfahan Royal Mosque general (retouched).jpg
| alt4        = Isfahan Royal Mosque
| image5      = 2017-09-04 Iran, Kashan, Tabatabai House.jpg
| alt5        = Tabatabai House
| image6      = بازار.jpg
| alt6        = Nain
}}
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| map_alt                         = Map of Iran with Isfahan province highlighted
| map_caption                     = Location of Isfahan province within Iran
| coordinates                     = {{coord|32|40|N|51|55|E|dim:240km|display=inline, title}}
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| subdivision_type                = Country
| subdivision_name                = [[Iran]]
| subdivision_type1               = [[Regions of Iran|Region]]
| subdivision_name1               = [[Regions of Iran|Region 2]]
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| p1                              = 29
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| seat_type                       = Capital
| seat                            = [[Isfahan]]
| government_footnotes            = 
| leader_party                    = [[Principlist]]
| leader_title                    = [[List of current Iran governors-general|Governor-general]]
| leader_name                     = [[Mehdi Jamalinejad]]
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| unit_pref                       = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
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| area_total_km2                  = 107018
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| population_footnotes            = <ref name="2016 Isfahan Province"/>
| population_total                = 5120850
| population_as_of                = 2016
| population_density_km2          = auto
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| population_note                 = 
| blank_name_sec1                 = [[Languages of Iran|Main language(s)]]
| blank_info_sec1                 = Predominantly [[Persian language|Persian]]. <br /><small> small Minority: [[Bakhtiari Luri]], [[Qashqai language|Qashqai]], [[Georgian language|Georgian]], [[Armenian language|Armenian]] languages in some regions of the province</small>
| timezone1                       = [[Iran Standard Time|IRST]]
| utc_offset1                     = +03:30
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| area_code_type                  = 
| area_code                       = 031
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| blank_name_sec2                 = [[Human Development Index|HDI]] (2017)
| blank_info_sec2                 = 0.830<ref name="GlobalDataLab">{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI – Area Database – Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=2018-09-13|archive-date=2018-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923120638/https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|url-status=live}}</ref><br/>{{color|green|very high}} · [[List of Iranian provinces by Human Development Index|3rd]]
| footnotes                       = 
| official_name                   = 
| population_est                  = 5,343,000<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%88-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AA#5581721--|title=توجه: تفاوت در سرجمع به دليل گرد شدن ارقام به رقم هزار مي باشد. (in Persian)|author=Amar|access-date=29 September 2020|archive-date=3 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803000310/https://amar.org.ir/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87%D9%87%D8%A7-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D9%88-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1/%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%DB%8C%D8%AA#5581721--|url-status=live}}</ref>
| pop_est_as_of                   = 2020
| website                         = {{URL|www.ostan-es.ir}}
}}

{{Historical populations
| title = Isfahan province Historical population
| type  = Iran
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| footnote    =amar.org.ir
|1966|1703701|1986|3294916|2006|4559256|9=2016|8=4879312|2011|10=5120850}}

'''Isfahan province''' ({{langx|fa|استان اصفهان}}){{efn|Also [[romanize]]d as '''Ostān-e Esfahān''', '''Esfahan''', '''Espahan''', or '''Isphahan'''}} is one of the 31 [[provinces of Iran]]. Its capital is the city of [[Isfahan]].<ref name="Isfahan Province Structure">{{cite report|title=Approval of the organization and chain of citizenship of the elements and units of the national divisions of Isfahan province, centered in the city of Isfahan|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113034|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204010546/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/113034|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Defense Political Commission of the Government Board|last=Habibi|first=Hassan|archive-date=4 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 21 June 1369|id=Proposal 3233.1.5.53; Letter 93808-907; Notification 82838/T131K|access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref>

The province is in the center of the country in Iran's [[Regions of Iran|Region 2]],<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 June 2014|orig-date=1 Tir 1393, Jalaali|title=همشهری آنلاین-استان‌های کشور به ۵ منطقه تقسیم شدند (Provinces were divided into 5 regions)|language=fa|newspaper=Hamshahri Online|url=http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/details/263382/Iran/-provinces|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140623191332/http://www.hamshahrionline.ir/details/263382/Iran/-provinces|archive-date=23 June 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> whose secretariat is located in Isfahan.

Isfahan Province is located along the eastern foothills of the [[Zagros Mountains]]. It covers both mountainous terrain and arid plains, contributing to its diverse climate and natural resources.<ref>https://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/isfahan-i-geography/</ref>

==History==
Historians have recorded ''Espahan'', ''Sepahan'' or ''Isfahan'' initially as a defense and military base. The security and protection of the gradually increasing castles and fortifications, thereby, would provide the protection of residents nearby, therefore leading to the growth of large settlements nearby. These historical castles were ''Atashgah'', ''Sarooyieh'', ''Tabarok'', ''Kohan Dej'', and ''Gard Dej''. The oldest of these is ''Ghal'eh Sefeed'' and the grounds at ''Tamijan'' from prehistoric times. The historic village of [[Abyaneh]], a nationwide attraction, also has [[Sasanian Empire|Sasanian]] ruins and [[Fire temple|fire temples]] among other historical relics.

During the 17th and 18th centuries, Isfahan province enjoyed high standards of prosperity as it became the capital of [[Safavid Iran]]. While the city of Sepahan (Esfahan) was their seat of monarchical, [[Kashan]] was their place of vacation and leisure.

==Demographics==
=== Language ===
{{Pie chart|value1=79.51|label1=[[Persian language|Persian]]|value6=0.07|label6=[[Kavir language|Biyabanaki]]|caption=[[First language]] in Isfahan province<ref name="language" >{{cite web|title=Language distribution: Esfahan Province|url=http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.esfahan|access-date=11 April 2022|date=2017–2020|archive-date=11 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220411150919/http://iranatlas.net/index.html?module=module.language-distribution.esfahan|url-status=live}}</ref>|label5=[[Georgian language|Georgian]]|label4=[[Central_Plateau_languages_(Iranian)|Central Plateau Group]]|label3=[[Turkic language|Turkic]]|label2=[[Luri language|Luri]]|value2=6.83|value5=0.30|value4=3.39|value3=5.82|label7=[[Armenian language|Armenian]]|value7=0.04|label8=Other, unknown|value8=4.05}}

A majority of the population speak [[Persian language|Persian]] as first language with a minority of Luri, Turkic, Georgian, Biyabanaki and Armenian speakers.<ref name="language" />

During the Pahlavi era, a large group of Kurds from the Gulbaghi tribe were moved from the north of [[Kurdistan province]] to the city of Isfahan and the cities of Yazd, Kashan, and Nayin. Today, the Gulbaghi tribe are mostly assimilated elements in the population of these cities.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://journal.sulicihan.edu.krd/index.php/sjcus/article/view/153|doi=10.25098/6.3.21|date=2022|journal=The Scientific Journal of Cihan University – Sulaimanyia|volume=6|issue=3|title=سیاست های ایلیاتی پهلوی اول برابر گلباغی ها|pages=391–404|last1=Ahmadi|first1=Mansur|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rojanpress.ir/main/1219-%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%B1%D8%B6%D8%A7-%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B7%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%81-%D9%88-%D8%B9%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1-%DA%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AE%DB%8C/-%D9%86%D9%87-%DA%AF%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%BA%DB%8C-%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF-%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7-%D9%86%D9%87-%D9%87%D9%85%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7.html|title=کینه رضا شاه از طوایف و عشایر گه‌لواخی/ نه گلباغی ماند اینجا نه همدانی آنجا|date=8 May 1402}}</ref>

===Population===
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province's population was 4,499,327 in 1,223,684 households, with a literacy rate of 88.65 percent.<ref name="2006 Isfahan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006): Isfahan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/10.xls|access-date=25 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110920083455/http://www.amar.org.ir/DesktopModules/FTPManager/upload/upload2360/newjkh/newjkh/10.xls|format=Excel|archive-date=20 September 2011}}</ref> The following census in 2011 counted 4,879,312 people in 1,454,162 households.<ref name="2011 Isfahan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011): Isfahan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=irandataportal.syr.edu|via=Iran Data Portal, Syracuse University|url=https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Esfahan.xls|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117221845/https://irandataportal.syr.edu/wp-content/uploads/Esfahan.xls|archive-date=17 January 2023|access-date=19 December 2022|format=Excel}}</ref> The 2016 census measured the population of the province as 5,120,850 in 1,607,482 households.<ref name="2016 Isfahan Province">{{cite report|title=Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016): Isfahan Province|language=fa|publisher=The Statistical Center of Iran|website=amar.org.ir|url=https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_10.xlsx|access-date=19 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019041954/https://www.amar.org.ir/Portals/0/census/1395/results/abadi/CN95_HouseholdPopulationVillage_10.xlsx|format=Excel|archive-date=19 October 2020}}</ref>

===Administrative divisions===

[[File:Isfahan counties.svg|420px]]

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

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Isfahan province
|-
! Counties !! 2006<ref name="2006 Isfahan Province"/> !! 2011<ref name="2011 Isfahan Province"/> !! 2016<ref name="2016 Isfahan Province"/>
|-
| [[Aran and Bidgol County|Aran and Bidgol]] || style="text-align: right;" | 89,961 || style="text-align: right;" | 97,409 || style="text-align: right;" | 103,517
|-
| [[Ardestan County|Ardestan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 43,585 || style="text-align: right;" | 41,405 || style="text-align: right;" | 42,105
|-
| [[Borkhar County|Borkhar]]{{efn|Separated from [[Shahinshahr County|Borkhar and Meymeh County]] after the 2006 census<ref name="Borkhar County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval letter of the ministers of the Political-Defense Commission of the Government Delegation regarding some changes and divisions of the country in Isfahan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/132598|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001063248/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/132598|archive-date=1 October 2015|last=Davodi|first=Parviz|date=9 October 2014|orig-date=Approved 21 September 1386|id=Proposal 43036/42/1/4; Letter 58538/T26118H; Notification 153437/T35370K|access-date=9 June 2023}}</ref>}} || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | 108,933 || style="text-align: right;" | 122,419
|-
| [[Buin Miandasht County|Buin Miandasht]]{{efn|Separated from [[Faridan County]] after the 2011 census<ref name="Six New Cities">{{Cite news|title=Six new cities and towns were added to the map of national divisions|url=http://www.dolat.ir/NSite/FullStory/News/?Serv=1&Id=229584|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714151003/http://www.dolat.ir/NSite/FullStory/News/?Serv=1&Id=229584|archive-date=14 July 2014|website=dolat.ir|via=Secretariat of the Government Information Council|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|language=fa|date=5 July 2013|orig-date=Approved 7 May 2013|access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref>}} || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | 24,163
|-
| [[Chadegan County|Chadegan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 33,684 || style="text-align: right;" | 33,942 || style="text-align: right;" | 32,479
|-
| [[Dehaqan County|Dehaqan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 34,149 || style="text-align: right;" | 34,844 || style="text-align: right;" | 34,511
|-
| [[Falavarjan County|Falavarjan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 232,019 || style="text-align: right;" | 247,014 || style="text-align: right;" | 249,814
|-
| [[Faridan County|Faridan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 81,622 || style="text-align: right;" | 79,743 || style="text-align: right;" | 49,890
|-
| [[Fereydunshahr County|Fereydunshahr]] || style="text-align: right;" | 38,955 || style="text-align: right;" | 38,334 || style="text-align: right;" | 35,654
|-
| [[Golpayegan County|Golpayegan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 82,601 || style="text-align: right;" | 87,479 || style="text-align: right;" | 90,086
|-
| [[Harand County|Harand]]{{efn|name=fn2|Separated from [[Isfahan County]] after the 2016 census<ref name="Harand and Varzaneh Counties Establishment">{{cite news|title=Approval letter regarding national divisions in Isfahan County, Isfahan province|language=fa|website=dotic.ir|via=Laws and Regulations Portal of Iran|url=https://dotic.ir/news/9845|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130005251/https://dotic.ir/news/9845|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=30 November 2021|orig-date=Approved 27 April 1400|date=9 December 1400|id=Proposal 207952; Letter 46503|access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref>}} || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | —
|-
| [[Isfahan County|Isfahan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 1,963,315 || style="text-align: right;" | 2,174,172 || style="text-align: right;" | 2,243,249
|-
| [[Jarqavieh County|Jarqavieh]]{{efn|Separated from Isfahan County after the 2016 census<ref name="Jarqavieh County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding national divisions in Isfahan province|language=fa|website=rrk.ir|url=https://www.rrk.ir/Laws/ShowLaw.aspx?Code=23576|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908090601/www.rrk.ir/Laws/ShowLaw.aspx?Code=23576|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=8 September 2021|date=5 August 2021|orig-date=Approved 27 April 1400|id=Proposal 199401; Letter 46299; Notification 46299/T58576H|access-date=15 June 2023}}</ref>}} || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | —
|-
| [[Kashan County|Kashan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 297,000 || style="text-align: right;" | 323,371 || style="text-align: right;" | 364,482
|-
| [[Khansar County|Khansar]] || style="text-align: right;" | 31,542 || style="text-align: right;" | 32,423 || style="text-align: right;" | 33,049
|-
| [[Khomeynishahr County|Khomeynishahr]] || style="text-align: right;" | 282,888 || style="text-align: right;" | 311,629 || style="text-align: right;" | 319,727
|-
| [[Khur and Biabanak County|Khur and Biabanak]]{{efn|Separated from [[Nain County]] after the 2006 census<ref name="Khur and Biabanak County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval regarding the establishment of Khur and Biabanak County with the city of Khur as its center under the jurisdiction of Isfahan province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135875|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250122004625/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/135875|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Ahmadinejad|first=Mahmud|archive-date=22 January 2025|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 31 March 1388|id=Notification 93336/T43083H|access-date=22 January 2025}}</ref>}} || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | 17,793 || style="text-align: right;" | 19,761
|-
| [[Kuhpayeh County|Kuhpayeh]]{{efn|Separated from Isfahan County after the 2016 census<ref name="Kuhpayeh County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding national divisions in Isfahan County, Isfahan province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Council Research Center|url=http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/1668035|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210828195909/http://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/1668035|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Council of Ministers|last=Jahangiri|first=Ishaq|archive-date=28 August 2021|date=31 July 2021|orig-date=Approved 28 April 1400|id=Proposal 206239; Notification 46291/T58615H|access-date=17 June 2023}}</ref>}} || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | —
|-
| [[Lenjan County|Lenjan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 225,559 || style="text-align: right;" | 246,510 || style="text-align: right;" | 262,912
|-
| [[Meymeh and Vazvan County|Meymeh and Vazvan]]{{efn|Separated from [[Shahinshahr and Meymeh County]] after the 2016 census<ref name="Meymeh and Vazvan County Establishment">{{cite report|title=Approval regarding the national divisions of Shahinshahr County in Isfahan province|language=fa|website=sdil.ac.ir|via=Shahr Danesh Legal Research Institute|url=https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-دوم-شهریور-۱۴%DB%B0۳/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009093909/https://sdil.ac.ir/مصوبات-هیأت-دولت-دهه-دوم-شهریور-۱۴%DB%B0۳/|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Cabinet of Ministers|archive-date=9 October 2024|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|date=6 October 2024|orig-date=Approved 27 April 1403|id=Proposals 580 and 70730; Notification 79240/T61130AH|access-date=24 November 2024}}</ref>}} || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | —
|-
| [[Mobarakeh County|Mobarakeh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 132,925 || style="text-align: right;" | 143,474 || style="text-align: right;" | 150,441
|-
| [[Nain County|Nain]] || style="text-align: right;" | 54,298 || style="text-align: right;" | 38,077 || style="text-align: right;" | 39,261
|-
| [[Najafabad County|Najafabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 279,014 || style="text-align: right;" | 300,288 || style="text-align: right;" | 319,205
|-
| [[Natanz County|Natanz]] || style="text-align: right;" | 43,947 || style="text-align: right;" | 42,239 || style="text-align: right;" | 43,977
|-
| [[Semirom County|Semirom]] || style="text-align: right;" | 70,735 || style="text-align: right;" | 65,047 || style="text-align: right;" | 74,109
|-
| [[Shahinshahr County|Shahinshahr]]{{efn|Formerly [[Shahinshahr County|Borkhar and Meymeh County]]<ref name="Borkhar County Establishment"/> and then [[Shahinshahr County|Shahinshahr and Meymeh County]]<ref name="Meymeh and Vazvan County Establishment"/>}} || style="text-align: right;" | 277,783 || style="text-align: right;" | 196,584 || style="text-align: right;" | 234,667
|-
| [[Shahreza County|Shahreza]] || style="text-align: right;" | 139,702 || style="text-align: right;" | 149,555 || style="text-align: right;" | 159,797
|-
| [[Tiran and Karvan County|Tiran and Karvan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 64,043 || style="text-align: right;" | 69,047 || style="text-align: right;" | 71,575
|-
| [[Varzaneh County|Varzaneh]]{{efn|name=fn2}} || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | – || style="text-align: right;" | —
|-
| '''Total''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''4,499,327''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''4,879,312''' || style="text-align: right;"| '''5,120,850'''
|}

=== Cities ===
{{See also|List of cities in Isfahan Province by population}}

According to the 2016 census, 4,507,430 people (over 88% of the population of Isfahan province) live in the following cities:<ref name="2016 Isfahan Province"/>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! City !! Population
|-
| [[Abrisham]] || style="text-align: right;" | 22,429
|-
| [[Abuzeydabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 5,976
|-
| [[Afus]] || style="text-align: right;" | 3,696
|-
| [[Alavijeh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 8,067
|-
| [[Anarak]] || style="text-align: right;" | 1,903
|-
| [[Aran and Bidgol]] || style="text-align: right;" | 65,404
|-
| [[Ardestan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 15,744
|-
| [[Asgaran, Iran|Asgaran]] || style="text-align: right;" | 4,858
|-
| [[Asgharabad, Isfahan|Asgharabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 6,876
|-
| [[Badrud]] || style="text-align: right;" | 14,723
|-
| [[Bafran]] || style="text-align: right;" | 1,978
|-
| [[Bagh-e Bahadoran]] || style="text-align: right;" | 10,279
|-
| [[Bagh-e Shad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 4,356
|-
| [[Baharan Shahr]] || style="text-align: right;" | 11,284
|-
| [[Baharestan, Isfahan|Baharestan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 79,023
|-
| [[Barf Anbar]] || style="text-align: right;" | 5,382
|-
| [[Barzok]] || style="text-align: right;" | 4,588
|-
| [[Buin Miandasht]] || style="text-align: right;" | 9,889
|-
| [[Chadegan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 9,924
|-
| [[Chamgardan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 15,574
|-
| [[Chermahin]] || style="text-align: right;" | 13,732
|-
| [[Damaneh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 4,366
|-
| [[Daran, Iran|Daran]] || style="text-align: right;" | 20,078
|-
| [[Dastgerd]] || style="text-align: right;" | 17,775
|-
| [[Dehaq]] || style="text-align: right;" | 8,272
|-
| [[Dehaqan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 17,945
|-
| [[Dizicheh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 18,935
|-
| [[Dorcheh Piaz]] || style="text-align: right;" | 47,800
|-
| [[Dowlatabad, Isfahan|Dowlatabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 40,945
|-
| [[Ezhiyeh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 3,156
|-
| [[Falavarjan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 37,704
|-
| [[Farrokhi, Isfahan|Farrokhi]] || style="text-align: right;" | 2,968
|-
| [[Fereydunshahr]] || style="text-align: right;" | 13,603
|-
| [[Fuladshahr]] || style="text-align: right;" | 88,426
|-
| [[Gaz, Iran|Gaz]] || style="text-align: right;" | 24,433
|-
| [[Goldasht]] || style="text-align: right;" | 25,235
|-
| [[Golpayegan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 58,936
|-
| [[Golshahr]] || style="text-align: right;" | 9,904
|-
| [[Golshan, Isfahan|Golshan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 5,437
|-
| [[Gorgab, Isfahan|Gorgab]] || style="text-align: right;" | 9,690
|-
| [[Guged]] || style="text-align: right;" | 6,012
|-
| [[Habibabad, Isfahan|Habibabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 9,491
|-
| [[Hana, Iran|Hana]] || style="text-align: right;" | 4,922
|-
| [[Harand, Iran|Harand]] || style="text-align: right;" | 7,829
|-
| [[Hasanabad, Isfahan|Hasanabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 4,478
|-
| [[Imanshahr]] || style="text-align: right;" | 14,633
|-
| '''[[Isfahan]]''' || style="text-align: right;" | '''1,961,260'''
|-
| [[Jandaq]] || style="text-align: right;" | 4,665
|-
| [[Jowsheqan-e Qali]] || style="text-align: right;" | 4,181
|-
| [[Jowzdan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 6,998
|-
| [[Kamu va Chugan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 2,434
|-
| [[Karkevand]] || style="text-align: right;" | 7,058
|-
| [[Kahriz Sang]] || style="text-align: right;" | 10,442
|-
| [[Kashan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 304,487
|-
| [[Kelishad va Sudarjan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 25,635
|-
| [[Khaledabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 3,023
|-
| [[Khansar, Iran|Khansar]] || style="text-align: right;" | 21,883
|-
| [[Khomeynishahr]] || style="text-align: right;" | 247,128
|-
| [[Khur, Isfahan|Khur]] || style="text-align: right;" | 6,765
|-
| [[Komeshcheh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 5,100
|-
| [[Khvorzuq]] || style="text-align: right;" | 29,154
|-
| [[Komeh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 2,305
|-
| [[Kuhpayeh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 5,518
|-
| [[Kushk, Iran|Kushk]] || style="text-align: right;" | 13,248
|-
| [[Lay Bid]] || style="text-align: right;" | 1,832
|-
| [[Mahabad, Isfahan|Mahabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 3,727
|-
| [[Shahrak-e Majlesi|Majlesi]] || style="text-align: right;" | 9,363
|-
| [[Manzariyeh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 7,164
|-
| [[Meshkat]] || style="text-align: right;" | 5,357
|-
| [[Meymeh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 5,651
|-
| [[Mobarakeh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 69,449
|-
| [[Mohammadabad, Isfahan|Mohammadabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 5,032
|-
| [[Nain, Iran|Nain]] || style="text-align: right;" | 27,379
|-
| [[Najafabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 235,281
|-
| [[Nasrabad, Isfahan|Nasrabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 6,425
|-
| [[Natanz]] || style="text-align: right;" | 14,122
|-
| [[Neyasar]] || style="text-align: right;" | 2,319
|-
| [[Nikabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 4,364
|-
| [[Nushabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 11,838
|-
| [[Pir Bakran]] || style="text-align: right;" | 13,469
|-
| [[Qahderijan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 34,226
|-
| [[Qahjavarestan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 9,712
|-
| [[Qamsar]] || style="text-align: right;" | 3,877
|-
| [[Rezvanshahr, Isfahan|Rezvanshahr]] || style="text-align: right;" | 3,606
|-
| [[Rozveh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 4,332
|-
| [[Sagzi]] || style="text-align: right;" | 5,063
|-
| [[Sedeh Lenjan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 19,101
|-
| [[Sefidshahr]] || style="text-align: right;" | 5,804
|-
| [[Semirom]] || style="text-align: right;" | 26,942
|-
| [[Shahinshahr]] || style="text-align: right;" | 173,329
|-
| [[Shapurabad]] || style="text-align: right;" | 5,915
|-
| [[Shahreza]] || style="text-align: right;" | 134,952
|-
| [[Sin, Iran|Sin]] || style="text-align: right;" | 5,495
|-
| [[Talkhuncheh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 9,924
|-
| [[Tarq Rud]] || style="text-align: right;" | 1,749
|-
| [[Tiran, Iran|Tiran]] || style="text-align: right;" | 21,703
|-
| [[Tudeshk]] || style="text-align: right;" | 4,275
|-
| [[Vanak, Isfahan|Vanak]] || style="text-align: right;" | 1,665
|-
| [[Varnamkhast]] || style="text-align: right;" | 18,700
|-
| [[Varzaneh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 12,714
|-
| [[Vazvan]] || style="text-align: right;" | 5,952
|-
| [[Zarrin Shahr]] || style="text-align: right;" | 55,817
|-
| [[Zavareh]] || style="text-align: right;" | 8,320
|-
| [[Zayandeh Rud]] || style="text-align: right;" | 9,463
|-
| [[Zazeran]] || style="text-align: right;" | 7,962
|-
| [[Ziar, Isfahan|Ziar]] || style="text-align: right;" | 3,918
|-
| [[Zibashahr]] || style="text-align: right;" | 10,200
|}

==Geography==
The Isfahan province covers an area of approximately 107,018 square km and is situated in the center of Iran. To its north, stand the [[Markazi province|Markazi (Central) Province]] and the provinces of [[Qom province|Qom]] and [[Semnan province|Semnan]]. To its south, it is bordered by the provinces of [[Fars province|Fars]], and [[Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province]]. [[Aminabad, Shahreza|Aminabad]] is the most southern city of Isfahan province just 2&nbsp;km north of the border. To the east, it is bordered by the province of [[Yazd province|Yazd]]. To the west, it shares its border with the province of [[Lorestan province|Lurestan]] and to the southwest lies the province of [[Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiyari]].

The province experiences a moderate and dry climate on the whole, ranging between 40.6&nbsp;°C (105.08&nbsp;°F) and 10.6&nbsp;°C (51&nbsp;°F) on a cold day in the winter season. The average annual temperature has been recorded as 16.7&nbsp;°C (62&nbsp;°F) and the annual rainfall on average has been reported as 116.9&nbsp;mm. The city of Sepahan (Esfahan) however experiences an excellent climate, with four distinct seasons.

With an elevation of 4,040 metres, the [[Shahankuh]] is the highest peak in Isfahan province. This mountain is located about 20 kilometres southwest of the city of [[Fereydunshahr]] in the western part of the province.

Isfahan province has 52 rivers, mostly small and temporary, with the exception of the [[Zayandeh Rud|Zāyanderud]], which totals 405&nbsp;km in length a basin area of 27,100 km2.<ref>EIr and Xavier de Planhol, "ISFAHAN i. GEOGRAPHY", Encyclopaedia Iranica, 2012. 
[http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/isfahan-i-geography#1] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526223520/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/isfahan-i-geography#1|date=2020-05-26}}.</ref>

===Biodiversity===
''Esmaeilius isfahanensis'' (Farsi: کپوردندان_اصفهان) is a species of [[Cyprinodontiformes|Cyprinodontid]] fish endemic to the [[Zayanderud|Zayandehrud river basin]] (see genus ''[[Esmaeilius]]''). It is known only from three sites across the province.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Ghafouri|first1=Zaniar|last2=Keivany|first2=Yazdan|last3=Soofiani|first3=Nasrollah M.|date=2019-01-01|title=Reproductive biology of ''Aphanius isfahanensis'' in the Zayandehrud River, central Iran|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10641-018-0833-0|journal=Environmental Biology of Fishes|language=en|volume=102|issue=1|pages=19–25|doi=10.1007/s10641-018-0833-0|bibcode=2019EnvBF.102...19G|s2cid=53816219|issn=1573-5133|access-date=2020-09-29|archive-date=2020-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220090412/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10641-018-0833-0|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Zicha|first=Ondrej|title=BioLib: Biological library|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id326202/|access-date=2020-09-27|website=biolib.cz|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304041439/http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id326202/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|journal=Iranian Journal of Ichthyology|last1=زانيار|first1=غفوري|last2=يزدان|first2=کيواني|last3=نصراله|first3=محبوبي صوفياني|date=21 March 2018|title=شاخص هاي تغذيه اي کپوردندان ماهي اصفهان (''Aphanius isfahanensis'') در رودخانه زاينده رود در ايران|url=https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=471688|language=Fa|volume=5|issue=3|pages=184–191|access-date=2020-09-29|archive-date=2020-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220090438/https://www.sid.ir/fa/journal/ViewPaper.aspx?id=471688|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=تنوع جمعیتی کپوردندان اصفهان (''Aphanius isfahanensis'')|url=https://www.virascience.com/thesis/799808/|access-date=2020-09-27|website=virascience.com|archive-date=2020-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220090414/https://www.virascience.com/thesis/799808/|url-status=live}}</ref>
''Allium chlorotepalum'' is an endemic species of Isfahan province, ''Astragalus vernaculus'' is also common in the west of the province.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=The conservation status of two Allium )Amaryllidaceae( species in Iran|year=2019|volume=4|issue=1|doi=10.22092/irn.2019.118682|url=https://irannature.areeo.ac.ir/article_118682_en.html|access-date=2020-10-06|archive-date=2020-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220090415/https://irannature.areeo.ac.ir/article_118682_en.html|url-status=live|last1=اخوان روفیگر|first1=آزاده|last2=باقری|first2=علی|last3=جم‌زاد|first3=زیبا|last4=جلیلی|first4=عادل|journal=طبیعت ایران}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Conservation status of endemic species Astragalus vernaculus (Fabaceae)|year=2020|volume=4|issue=6|doi=10.22092/irn.2020.120810|url=https://irannature.areeo.ac.ir/article_120810_en.html|access-date=2020-10-06|archive-date=2020-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008180330/https://irannature.areeo.ac.ir/article_120810_en.html|url-status=live|last1=اخوان روفیگر|first1=آزاده|last2=باقری|first2=علی|last3=جم زاد|first3=زیبا|last4=جلیلی|first4=عادل|journal=طبیعت ایران}}</ref>

==Modern economy==
Nine tons of [[saffron]] are produced by this province by the year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/2914477/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B2%D8%B9%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86|access-date=2020-11-17|website=iribnews.ir|title=برداشت زعفران از مزارع استان اصفهان|archive-date=2020-12-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220090438/https://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/2914477/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B2%D8%B9%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D9%85%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B9-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86|url-status=live}}</ref>

It is the biggest milk and dairy producer in Iran.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imna.ir/news/601382/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%AE%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%BA%D8%B0%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1|title=استان اصفهان؛ ستون خیمه امنیت غذایی کشور|date=31 August 2022|access-date=1 September 2022|archive-date=1 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220901032656/https://www.imna.ir/news/601382/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%AE%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%BA%D8%B0%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== High tech ===
The state has 18k active fiber optically connected network ports as of mid 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.irna.ir/news/85114803/%DB%B1%DB%B8-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF|title=۱۸ هزار پورت فیبرنوری در استان اصفهان به بهره‌برداری رسید|access-date=2023-05-18|agency=Islamic Republic News Agency}}</ref>

===Military===
Iranian armed forces and the Islamic Republic military has several locations inside Isfahan province, There is also [[Esfahan nuclear fuel research and production center]] nfrpc. [[Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industries Corporation|Hesa]] specializes in aerospace and helicopter maintenance and weaponry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/isfahan-xiv-modern-economy-and-industries|title=Isfahan xiv. MODERN ECONOMY AND INDUSTRIES – Encyclopaedia Iranica|access-date=2023-05-18|archive-date=2023-05-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506153622/https://iranicaonline.org/articles/isfahan-xiv-modern-economy-and-industries|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/isfahan-xiv1-modern-economy-of-the-province|title=Isfahan xiv. MODERN ECONOMY AND INDUSTRIES ( – Encyclopaedia Iranica|access-date=2023-05-18|archive-date=2020-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526223522/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/isfahan-xiv1-modern-economy-of-the-province|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://iranicaonline.org/articles/isfahan-xiv2-industries-of-isfahan-city|title=Isfahan xiv. MODERN ECONOMY AND INDUSTRIES ( – Encyclopaedia Iranica|access-date=2023-05-18|archive-date=2020-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526223524/http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/isfahan-xiv2-industries-of-isfahan-city|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Tourism===
====Bridges====

Main Isfahan attractions include
*Shahrestan bridge
*Khajoo (Khaju) Bridge in Isfahan
*siosepol or Si-O-Se-Pol bridge
*Choobi Bridge (Joubi Bridge)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://isfahanmag.com/bridge|title=Isfahan Bridge – IsfahanMag|access-date=29 June 2023}}</ref>

== Cuisine ==

According to the Isfahan atlas{{who|date=September 2021}}, well-known local dishes include {{Interlanguage link|Shefte|lt=|fa|شفته|WD=}}, Kachi, [[Kebab]] Golpayegan, [[Samanu]] Shahreza, {{Ill|Carrot stew|lt=|fa|خورش هویج|WD=}} Khansar, Yokhe bread ([[Kaak (bread)|Kaak]]) and Semirom.<ref>{{Cite web|title=آغاز تدوین اطلس غذایی استان اصفهان|url=https://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/2851784/%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%BA%D8%B0%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220090408/https://www.iribnews.ir/fa/news/2851784/%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%BA%D8%B0%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86|archive-date=2020-12-20|access-date=2020-12-20|website=iribnews.ir}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=تدوین اطلس غذایی استان اصفهان آغاز شد- اخبار اصفهان – اخبار استانها تسنیم – Tasnim|url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1399/07/20/2366713/%D8%AA%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%BA%D8%B0%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B4%D8%AF|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201220090439/https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1399/07/20/2366713/%D8%AA%D8%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%B3-%D8%BA%D8%B0%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%B5%D9%81%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A2%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B4%D8%AF|archive-date=2020-12-20|access-date=2020-12-20|website=خبرگزاری تسنیم – Tasnim|language=fa}}</ref>

==Education==
As of 2023, fifty thousand foreigners were studying in schools in Isfahan province.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imna.ir/news/688167/%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1-%DB%B1%DB%B8%DB%B0%DB%B0-%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B9-%DB%B5%DB%B3-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4-%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%87|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230921152238/https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://www.imna.ir/news/688167/%D8%B5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1-%DB%B1%DB%B8%DB%B0%DB%B0-%D8%B4%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B9-%DB%B5%DB%B3-%D9%87%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B4-%D8%A2%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%B9%D9%87|archive-date=21 September 2023|title=صدور ۱۸۰۰ شناسنامه برای فرزندان اتباع / ۵۳ هزار دانش‌آموز تبعه خارجی در اصفهان داریم – ایمنا}}</ref>

{{Main|List of Universities in Isfahan Province}}

===Public universities===
*[[Isfahan University of Technology]]
*[[Isfahan University]]
*[[Isfahan University of Medical Sciences]]
*[[Kashan University of Medical Sciences]]
*[[Isfahan University of Art]]
*[[Malek-Ashtar University of Technology]]
*[[University of Kashan]]

===Islamic Azad Universities===
Several well-known [[Islamic Azad University]] campuses in Iran are located in the province:
*Islamic Azad University of Falavarjan<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://iaufala.ac.ir/index.aspx?lang=2&sub=0|title=Islamic azad university falavarjan branch|access-date=2015-03-06|archive-date=2015-03-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315072513/http://iaufala.ac.ir/index.aspx?lang=2&sub=0|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Islamic Azad University of Meymeh]]
*[[Islamic Azad University of Kashan]]
*[[Islamic Azad University of Majlesi]]
*Islamic Azad University of Shahreza
*[[Islamic Azad University of Najafabad]]
*[[Islamic Azad University of Khomeynishahr]]
*[[Islamic Azad University of Isfahan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.khuisf.ac.ir/|title=khuisf.ac.ir|publisher=khuisf.ac.ir|access-date=2013-08-11|archive-date=2013-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130813043733/http://www.khuisf.ac.ir/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Islamic Azad University of Khorasgan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.khuisf.ac.ir/|title=Islamic Azad University Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch|website=en.khuisf.ac.ir|access-date=27 March 2018|archive-date=12 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212032926/http://en.khuisf.ac.ir/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Image:Some parts of the university campus.jpg|thumb|center|[[Islamic Azad University of Najafabad]] has the largest university campus in the [[Middle East]]|286x286px]] [[File:۲۰۲۳۰۸۲۱ ۱۷۰۰۲۲ Esfahan general bureau of education.jpg|thumb|Esfahan general bureau of education]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery widths="200" heights="200">
File:Mezquita Shah, Isfahán, Irán, 2016-09-20, DD 71-73 HDR.jpg|The Dome of [[Shah Mosque (Isfahan)|Shah Mosque]], Isfahan
File:Aghabozorg kashan.jpg|[[Kashan]] is another cultural jewel of the province. Seen here is the [[Agha Bozorg Mosque]].
File:Iranianvillage.jpg
File:Gran Mezquita de Isfahán, Isfahán, Irán, 2016-09-20, DD 49-51 HDR.jpg
File:Ceiling of Ālī Qāpū.jpg|Ceiling in the [[Ali Qapu]] Palace, Isfahan
File:Isfahan Lotfollah mosque ceiling symmetric.jpg|The dome of [[Sheikh Lotfollah Mosque]], Isfahan
File:Catedral Vank, Isfahán, Irán, 2016-09-20, DD 118-120 HDR.jpg|[[Vank Cathedral]], Isfahan
</gallery>

==See also==
* [[Georgians in Iran]]
* [[History of Iran]]
* [[List of the historical structures in the Isfahan province]]
* [[List of cities in Isfahan Province by population]]
* [[Ostandari Isfahan]]

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== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book|title=Eastern Persian Irak|author=Albert Houtum-Schindler|author-link=Albert Houtum-Schindler|location=London|publisher=J. Murray and [[Royal Geographical Society]]|year=1897|chapter=Province of Isfahan|pages=119+|hdl=2027/mdp.39015000658461}}

==Further reading==
* Muliani, S. (2001) ''The Georgians' position in the Iranian history and civilization (Jaygah-e Gorjiha dar Tarikh va Farhang va Tammadon-e Iran) '', Sepahan (Esfahan): Yekta
* Rahimi, M.M. (2001) ''The Georgians of Iran; Fereydunshahr (Gorjiha-ye Iran; Fereydunshahr)'', Sepahan (Esfahan): Yekta
* Sepiani, M. (1979) ''Georgian Iranians (Iranian-e Gorji)'', Sepahan (Esfahan): Arash
* [http://www.chn.ir/news/?Section=1&id=12497 Isfahan's tourist exhibition mentions the Georgians from Fereydunshahr and Fereydan. The report of this exhibition is available in the web site of the Iranian Cultural Heritage News agency.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403205143/http://www.chn.ir/news/?Section=1&id=12497 |date=3 April 2007 }}
* [http://www.iran-newspaper.com/1383/830420/html/internal.htm Saakashvili visited Fereydunshahr and put flowers on the graves of the Iranian Georgian martyrs' graves, showing respect towards this community.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051129005643/http://www.iran-newspaper.com/1383/830420/html/internal.htm |date=29 November 2005 }}

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.ostan-es.ir/ }}
* [http://isfahancht.ir/ Isfahan Cultural Heritage Department] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820133234/http://www.isfahancht.ir/ |date=2010-08-20 }}
* [https://isf.medu.ir/ Isfahan Province Department of Education]

{{Geographic location
|Centre    = Isfahan province
|North     = [[Qom province]]
|Northeast = [[Semnan province]]
|East      = [[Yazd province]]
|Southeast = [[Fars province]]
|South     = [[Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province]]
|Southwest = [[Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari Province]]
|West      = [[Lorestan province]]
|Northwest = [[Markazi province]]
}}
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{{Provinces of Iran}}
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