Kerman

Kermān Province is one of the 30 provinces of Iran. It is in the southeast of the country. Its center is Kerman. The province of Kerman is the second largest in Iran, 181,714 km².
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is a city in the Central District of County, province, Iran, serving as capital of the province, the county, and the district.

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is a city in Kerman, . This modern Iranian city surrounds the Arg-é citadel which has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. was devastated during an earthquake in December 2003 and is still being rebuilt.

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is a town in Kerman, 30 km from , on the road to .

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is a city in the east of Kerman. In a close margine of the.

is a city in Kerman. is everything used to be before the earthquake. has a historic Arg built entirely of sun-dried mud bricks. Its historic city has countless mudbrick houses, some of them decaying, but it is this decaying charm that makes the city even more attractive.

Kerman

Latitude of center
29.5719° or 29° 34′ 19″ north
Longitude of center
57.301° or 57° 18′ 4″ east
Population
3,160,000
Elevation
2,238 metres (7,343 feet)
Open­Street­Map ID
node 481099514
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
128231
Wiki­data ID
Q165352
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kerman” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: كرمان
  • Arabic: کرمان
  • Arabic: محافظة كرمان
  • Arabic: محافظة کرمان
  • Armenian: Քերման
  • Armenian: Քերմանի նահանգ
  • Asturian: Provincia de Kermán
  • Avaric: Керман (остан)
  • Avaric: Керман
  • Azerbaijani: Kirman ostanı
  • Azerbaijani: Kirman
  • Basque: Kerman
  • Belarusian: Керман
  • Bengali: কের্মন প্রদেশ
  • Bulgarian: Керман
  • Catalan: província de Kerman
  • Catalan: Província de Kerman
  • Cebuano: Kerman
  • Cebuano: Kermān
  • Central Kurdish: پارێزگای کرمان
  • Chechen: Керман (остан)
  • Chechen: Керман
  • Chinese: Kerman Séng
  • Chinese: 克尔曼省
  • Chinese: 克爾曼省
  • Chinese: 科尔曼省
  • Crimean Tatar: Kirman ostanı
  • Croatian: Kerman
  • Croatian: Kermanska pokrajina
  • Croatian: Kirman
  • Czech: Kermán
  • Czech: Kermánská provincie
  • Danish: Kerman
  • Dimli (individual language): Kırman
  • Dutch: Carmanie
  • Dutch: Carmanië
  • Dutch: Kerman
  • Egyptian Arabic: كرمان
  • Esperanto: Kermana provinco
  • Esperanto: Kermano
  • Esperanto: Provinco Kerman
  • Esperanto: Provinco Kermano
  • Estonian: Kermāni provints
  • Finnish: Karmania
  • Finnish: Kerman
  • Finnish: Kermān
  • French: Kerman
  • French: province de Kerman
  • French: Province de Kerman
  • Georgian: ქერმანი
  • Georgian: ქერმანის ოსტანი
  • German: Kerman
  • Gilaki: اوستان کرمان
  • Gilaki: کرمان ٚ اۊستان
  • Greek: Επαρχία Κερμάν
  • Greek: Κέρμαν
  • Gujarati: કર્મન પ્રાંત
  • Hebrew: כרמאן
  • Hebrew: פרובינציית כרמאן
  • Hindi: करमान प्रांत
  • Hindi: कर्मान प्रांत
  • Hindi: किर्मान
  • Hungarian: Kermán tartomány
  • Hungarian: Kermán
  • Indonesian: Kerman
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Kerman, Iran
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Kerman
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Kermān
  • Italian: Kerman
  • Italian: provincia di Kerman
  • Italian: Provincia di Kerman
  • Japanese: ケルマーン
  • Japanese: ケルマーン州
  • Japanese: ケルマン州
  • Kannada: ಕರ್ಮನ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Korean: 게르만 주
  • Korean: 케르만주
  • Kurdish: Kirman
  • Kurdish: Parêzgeha Kirman
  • Kurdish: کرمان
  • Latin: Carmania
  • Latvian: Kermāna
  • Latvian: Kermānas ostāns
  • Lithuanian: Kermano provincija
  • Macedonian: Керман
  • Malagasy: Faritanin‘ i Kerman
  • Malagasy: Faritanin’ i Kerman
  • Malay: Kerman
  • Malay: Wilayah Kerman
  • Malayalam: കെർമാൻ പ്രവിശ്യ
  • Maltese: Provinċja ta‘ Kerman
  • Maori: Keremana Porowini
  • Maori: Kerman Porowini
  • Marathi: कर्मान प्रांत
  • Marathi: कार्मेनिया
  • Mazanderani: کرمان اوستان
  • Mazanderani: کرمون اوستان
  • Min Nan Chinese: Kerman Séng
  • Newari: केर्मान प्रान्त
  • Northern Frisian: Kermaan
  • Northern Frisian: Kerman
  • Northern Luri: آستوٙن کئرمان
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kerman
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kermān
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kerman-provinsen
  • Norwegian: Kermān
  • Ossetian: Керман (остан)
  • Ossetian: Керман
  • Persian: استان کرمان
  • Persian: کرمان
  • Polish: Kerman
  • Portuguese: Carmânia
  • Portuguese: Kerman
  • Portuguese: Província de Kerman
  • Pushto: د کرمان ولايت
  • Pushto: د کرمان ولایت
  • Romanian: Kerman
  • Russian: Керман
  • Scots: Kerman Province
  • Serbian: Покрајина Керман
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kermanska pokrajina
  • Sinhala: කර්මන් පළාත
  • Slovenian: Provinca Kerman
  • South Azerbaijani: کیرمان اوستانی
  • Spanish: Kerman
  • Spanish: Kermán
  • Spanish: Provincia de Kerman
  • Spanish: Provincia de Kermán
  • Swedish: Kerman
  • Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Kermān
  • Tajik: Ustoni Kirmon
  • Tajik: Устони Кeрмон
  • Tajik: Устони Кирмон
  • Tamil: கெர்மன் மாகாணம்
  • Tamil: கெர்மான் மாகாணம்
  • Tatar: Кирман (устан)
  • Tatar: Кирман
  • Telugu: కెర్మన్ ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: కెర్మన్ రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: จังหวัดเคร์มอน
  • Turkish: Kerman Eyaleti
  • Turkish: Kerman
  • Turkish: Kirman Eyaleti
  • Turkish: Kirman
  • Ukrainian: Керман
  • Urdu: استان کرمان
  • Urdu: صوبہ کرمان
  • Uzbek: Kirmon ustoni
  • Uzbek: Kirmon viloyati
  • Vietnamese: Kerman
  • Waray (Philippines): Kerman
  • Waray (Philippines): Kermān
  • Welsh: Talaith Kerman
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ کرمان
  • Wu Chinese: 克尔曼省
  • Yue Chinese: 克爾曼省

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Kerman”. Photo: Fulvio, CC BY 2.0.