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Note on the provinces in Írán:
Map of the thirty-one provinces in Írán today. Cities are not shown in this map.
Note on differences between these provinces: The provinces differ in their geography (in some instances quite markedly). Some are mountainous and cold (in the north); some have lot of rain and lush lands; some in the southern parts are arid and even desert-like; and so forth. The provinces also differ from each other to varying degrees in their customs, clothing, food, language dialect, music and so forth. In the 1800s, the regional/tribal/clan identity was a dominant social factor. Remnants of this remain to this day and in some instances are the cause of prejudice.
Note on province/city names: In some instances, the name of the main city of the province is the same as the name of the province itself, for example, the city of Yazd is the main city in the province of Yazd, the city of Qazvín is the main city in the province of Qazvín, and the city of Tehran (Tihrán) is the main city in the province of Tehran; but this not always the case, for example, the main city in the province of Fárs is Shíráz, the main city in the province of Razaví Khorasan (Khurásán) is Mashhad, and the main city in the province of East Azerbayjan (Ádhirbáyján) is Tabríz.
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