Hamadān Province

Hamedan Province (Persian: استان همدان‎, Ostān-e Hamadān ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its center is Hamedan city. The province of Hamedan covers an area of 19,546 km². In the year 1996, Hamedan province had a population of approximately 1.7 million people. Other major cities of Hamedan province are: Toyserkan, Nahavand, Malayer, Asad Abad, Bahar, Razan, Kabudrahang. The province lies in an elevated region, with the 'Alvand' mountains, running from the north west to the south west. These are part of the Zagros mountain range of Iran. Hamedan enjoys temperate warm summers and relatively cold winters. Malayer county has a population of around 310,000 people, Nahavand county has a population of 200,000 people, Hamadan County has a...