Sistan and Baluchestan Province
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Sistan and Baluchestan (Persian: سیستان و بلوچستان, Sistān o Balūchestān) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran, located in the southeastern part of the country. It borders Pakistan and Afghanistan in the east and its capital is Zahedan. The province is the largest in Iran, with an area of 181,600 km², 11% of the total area of Iran, yet it has a population of only 4.1 million. The counties of the province are Iran Shahr, Chabahar, Khash, Zabol, Zahedan, Saravan, and Nik Shahr.
The province comprises two sections, Sistan in the north and Baluchestan in the south. The combined Sistan and Baluchestan province today accounts for one of the driest regions of Iran with a slight increase in rainfall from east to west, and an obvious rise in humidity in the coastal regions. The province is subject to seasonal winds from different directions, the most important of which are, the 120-day wind of Sistan known as Levar, the Qousse wind, the seventh (Gav-kosh) wind, the Nambi or south wind, the Hooshak wind, the humid and seasonal winds of the Indian Ocean, the North or (Gurich) wind and the western (Gard) wind.
In the south and west of Sistān and Balūchestān, the people are mostly Baluchi and speak the Baluchi language. The name Balūchestān means "Land of the Baluchis" in Persian language. Similarly, the Persian language name Sistān comes from the Old Persian Sakastāna, meaning "Land of the Sakas".
The province comprises two sections, Sistan in the north and Baluchestan in the south. The combined Sistan and Baluchestan province today accounts for one of the driest regions of Iran with a slight increase in rainfall from east to west, and an obvious rise in humidity in the coastal regions. The province is subject to seasonal winds from different directions, the most important of which are, the 120-day wind of Sistan known as Levar, the Qousse wind, the seventh (Gav-kosh) wind, the Nambi or south wind, the Hooshak wind, the humid and seasonal winds of the Indian Ocean, the North or (Gurich) wind and the western (Gard) wind.
In the south and west of Sistān and Balūchestān, the people are mostly Baluchi and speak the Baluchi language. The name Balūchestān means "Land of the Baluchis" in Persian language. Similarly, the Persian language name Sistān comes from the Old Persian Sakastāna, meaning "Land of the Sakas".
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sistan_and_Baluchestan_Province
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Coordinates: 28°15'31"N 61°3'18"E
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