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Lorestan

Lorestan province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is the city of . Lorestan is in the of the country in the Zagros Mountains and covers an area of 28,392 km2.
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is a city in the Central District of , Lorestan province, , serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.

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is an old city in Lorestan, a western province of . The city has been populated since 50 AD. Many historical sites and monuments are located in and around the city.

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is an city, located high in the mountainous area of northwest Lorestan. It is home to some 13,000 people, and is the capital of its district.

Lorestan

Latitude of center
33.5368° or 33° 32′ 13″ north
Longitude of center
48.2444° or 48° 14′ 40″ east
Population
1,760,000
Elevation
1,438 metres (4,718 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10733242820
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
125605
Wiki­data ID
Q1131727
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Lorestan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لرستان (محافظه)”
  • Arabic: “لرستان”
  • Arabic: “محافظة لرستان”
  • Armenian: “Լոռեսթան”
  • Armenian: “Լոռեսթանի նահանգ”
  • Asturian: “Lorestán”
  • Avaric: “Лурестан”
  • Azerbaijani: “Loristan (ostan)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Luristan (ostan)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Luristan ostanı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Luristan”
  • Basque: “Lorestan”
  • Belarusian: “Лурэстан”
  • Bengali: “লোরেস্তন প্রদেশ”
  • Bulgarian: “Лурестан”
  • Catalan: “Luristan-i Fayli”
  • Catalan: “Luristan”
  • Catalan: “província de Lorestan”
  • Catalan: “Província de Lorestan”
  • Catalan: “Província de Luristan”
  • Cebuano: “Lorestan”
  • Cebuano: “Lorestān”
  • Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای لوڕستان”
  • Chechen: “Лурестан”
  • Chinese: “Lorestan Séng”
  • Chinese: “洛雷斯坦省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Luristan ostanı”
  • Croatian: “Luristan”
  • Czech: “Lorestán”
  • Danish: “Lorestan”
  • Danish: “Lorestān”
  • Danish: “Luristan (provins)”
  • Danish: “Luristan”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Lurıstan”
  • Dutch: “Loeristan”
  • Dutch: “Lorestan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لورستان (محافظة)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لورستان (محافظه)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “لورستان”
  • Esperanto: “Lorestan”
  • Esperanto: “Lorestano”
  • Esperanto: “Lurestano”
  • Esperanto: “Luristan”
  • Esperanto: “Luristano”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Lorestano”
  • Esperanto: “Provinco Luristano”
  • Estonian: “Lorestan”
  • Estonian: “Lorestān”
  • Estonian: “Lorestāni provints”
  • Finnish: “Lorestān”
  • French: “Laristan”
  • French: “Lorestan”
  • French: “Loristan”
  • French: “Louristan”
  • French: “Luristan”
  • Georgian: “ლურისტანი (ოსტანი)”
  • Georgian: “ლურისტანი”
  • Georgian: “ლურისტანის ოსტანი”
  • German: “Lorestan”
  • German: “Lurestan”
  • German: “Luristan”
  • Gilaki: “لؤرستان ٚ اۊستان”
  • Gilaki: “لرستان”
  • Greek: “Επαρχία Λορεστάν”
  • Greek: “Λορεστάν”
  • Gujarati: “લોરેસ્તાન પ્રાંત”
  • Hebrew: “לורסטן”
  • Hebrew: “לורסתאן”
  • Hebrew: “פרובינציית לורסטן”
  • Hebrew: “פרובינציית לרסתאן”
  • Hindi: “लुरेस्तान”
  • Hindi: “लूरिस्तान प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “लूरिस्तान”
  • Hindi: “लोरिस्तान प्रांत”
  • Hindi: “लोरेस्तान”
  • Hungarian: “Loresztán tartomány”
  • Hungarian: “Loresztán”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Lorestan”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi lorestān”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Lorestān”
  • Italian: “Lorestan”
  • Italian: “Luristan”
  • Japanese: “ロレスターン”
  • Japanese: “ロレスターン州”
  • Kannada: “ಲೊರೆಸ್ತಾನ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ”
  • Korean: “로레스탄주”
  • Kurdish: “Loristan (parêzgeh)”
  • Kurdish: “Luristan (parêzgeh)”
  • Kurdish: “Luristan”
  • Latin: “Luristania”
  • Latvian: “Luristāna”
  • Latvian: “Luristānas ostāns”
  • Lezghian: “Лори марз”
  • Lithuanian: “Lorestano provincija”
  • Lithuanian: “Lurestano provincija”
  • Lithuanian: “Luristano provincija”
  • Macedonian: “Лорестан”
  • Malagasy: “Faritanin‘ i Lorestan”
  • Malagasy: “Faritanin’ i Lorestan”
  • Malay: “Lorestan”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Lorestan”
  • Maori: “Roretānga Porowini”
  • Marathi: “लोरेस्टाइन प्रांत”
  • Mazanderani: “لرستان اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Lorestan Séng”
  • Newari: “लोरेस्तान प्रान्त”
  • Northern Luri: “آستۊن لٛۏرسوݩ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lorestan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Luristan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Luristan”
  • Norwegian: “Luristan”
  • Ossetian: “Лурестан”
  • Persian: “استان لرستان”
  • Persian: “فَرماندارئ كُلِّ لُرِستان”
  • Persian: “لرستان”
  • Polish: “Lorestan”
  • Polish: “Lorestān”
  • Polish: “Lurestan”
  • Portuguese: “Lorestan”
  • Portuguese: “Lorestão”
  • Pushto: “لرستان ولايت”
  • Pushto: “لرستان ولایت”
  • Pushto: “لرستان”
  • Romanian: “Lorestan”
  • Romanian: “Provincia Lorestan”
  • Russian: “Лурестан (остан)”
  • Russian: “Лурестан”
  • Russian: “Луристан”
  • Scots: “Lorestan Province”
  • Serbian: “Покрајина Лорестан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Lorestan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Luristan”
  • Sinhala: “ලොරෙස්ටන් පළාත”
  • Slovenian: “Lorestan”
  • Slovenian: “Provinca Lorestan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “لوریستان اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Lorestan”
  • Spanish: “Lorestán”
  • Spanish: “Luristan”
  • Spanish: “Luristán”
  • Spanish: “Provincia de Lorestán”
  • Swedish: “Lorestan”
  • Swedish: “Loristan”
  • Swedish: “Luristan”
  • Tajik: “Устони Луристoн”
  • Tajik: “Устони Луристан”
  • Tajik: “Устони Луристон”
  • Tamil: “உலுரித்தான் மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “லொரஸ்தான் மாகாணம்”
  • Tamil: “லொரஸ்தான்”
  • Tamil: “லொரெஸ்டன் மாகாணம்”
  • Tatar: “Лурстан”
  • Telugu: “లోరెస్టాన్ ప్రావిన్స్”
  • Telugu: “లోరెస్టాన్ రాష్ట్రభాగం”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดโลเรสถาน”
  • Turkish: “Lorestan”
  • Turkish: “Loristan”
  • Turkish: “Luristan eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Luristan Eyaleti”
  • Turkish: “Luristan”
  • Ukrainian: “Лурестан”
  • Urdu: “صوبہ لرستان”
  • Uzbek: “Luriston”
  • Vietnamese: “Lorestan (tỉnh)”
  • Vietnamese: “Lorestan”
  • Vietnamese: “Tỉnh Lorestan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lorestan (lalawigan)”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lorestān”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Loristan (lalawigan)”
  • Welsh: “Lorestān (talaith)”
  • Welsh: “Lorestan”
  • Welsh: “Lorestān”
  • Welsh: “Luristan”
  • Western Armenian: “Լորեսթան Նահանգ”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ لورستان”
  • Wu Chinese: “洛雷斯坦省”
  • Yue Chinese: “洛雷斯坦省”

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