Yazd province should not be confused with Yazd County.
| Yazd Province | |
| Native Name: | Persian: استان یزد |
| Native Name Lang: | fa |
| Settlement Type: | Province |
| Image Map1: | Location of Yazd province in Iran.svg |
| Map Caption1: | Location of Yazd Province within Iran |
| Coordinates: | 31.5°N 94°W |
| Coordinates Footnotes: | [1] |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Iran |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Region 5 |
| Parts Type: | Counties |
| Parts Style: | para |
| P1: | 12 |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Yazd |
| Leader Title: | Governor-general |
| Leader Name: | Mehran Fatemi |
| Leader Title1: | MPs of Assembly of Experts |
| Leader Name1: | Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi |
| Leader Title2: | Representative of the Supreme Leader |
| Leader Name2: | Mohammad Reza Naseri Yazdi |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Area Total Km2: | 76469 |
| Population Total: | 1138533 |
| Population As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Main language(s) |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Persian |
| Timezone1: | IRST |
| Utc Offset1: | +03:30 |
| Blank Name Sec2: | HDI (2017) |
| Blank Info Sec2: | 0.824[2] · 5th |
| Website: | ostanyazd.ir |
Yazd province (Persian: استان یزد) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran and is in the center of the country. Its capital is the city of Yazd.[3] In 2014, it was placed in Region 5.[4] The province has an area of 76,469 km2.
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province's population was 958,323 in 258,691 households.[5] The 2011 national census counted 1,074,428 people living in 309,749 households.[6] 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.[7]
The population history and structural changes of Yazd Province's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.
| Counties | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42,610 | 46,662 | 51,552 | ||
| 66,900 | 77,758 | 97,960 | ||
| 28,072 | 33,192 | 32,566 | ||
| 51,507 | 41,876 | 50,845 | ||
| — | 15,331 | 17,221 | ||
| 31,695 | 35,158 | 36,562 | ||
| — | — | — | ||
| 43,363 | 44,126 | 51,733 | ||
| 70,728 | 82,840 | 99,727 | ||
| Tabas | 63,047 | 69,658 | — | |
| 45,357 | 45,145 | 43,893 | ||
| 515,044 | 582,682 | 656,474 | ||
| — | — | — | ||
| Total | 958,323 | 1,074,428 | 1,138,533 |
According to the 2016 census, 971,355 people (over 85% of the population of Yazd Province) live in the following cities:
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| 27,524 | ||
| 6,046 | ||
| 1,754 | ||
| 75,271 | ||
| 19,123 | ||
| 45,453 | ||
| 6,939 | ||
| 9,232 | ||
| 51,793 | ||
| 13,032 | ||
| 535 | ||
| 9,379 | ||
| 8,097 | ||
| 34,237 | ||
| 80,712 | ||
| 2,351 | ||
| 1,740 | ||
| 18,309 | ||
| 18,464 | ||
| Yazd | 529,673 | |
| 11,691 |
Yazd Province with the area of 129285km2[8] 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 4075m (13,369feet) above sea level, and Kharaneq. The city proper is located at 1203m (3,947feet) above sea-level, and covers 16000km2.
This group is wider than the other ridges and includes Shir Kuh
They are located in the east of Yazd Province with the highest peaks being Bon Lokht (3002)