Fars Province

Map o Iran wi Fars heichlichtit

Fars Province (Persian: استان فارس Ostān-e Fārs pronoonced /fɑː(r)s/), umwhile spelt Pars, is ane o the 30 provinces an kent as Cultural Caipital o Iran. It is in the sooth o the kintra an its center is Shiraz. It haes an aurie o 122,400 km². In 2006, this province haed a population o 4.34 million fowk, o which 61.2% wur registered as urban dwellers, 38.1% veelagers, an 0.7% nomad tribes.

Fars or Pars is the oreeginal hameland o the Persian fowk. The native name o the Persian leid is Fârsi or Pârsi. Persie an Persian baith derive frae the Hellenized form Πέρσις Persis o the ruit wird Pârs. The Auld Persian wird wis Pârsâ.

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