Semnan province
[5] The province of Semnan covers an area of 96,816 square kilometers and stretches along the Alborz mountain range, bordering on Kavir desert in its southern parts.[1] In the Median and Achaemenid times, Semnan was one of the largest provinces of the empires, and corresponded to the borders of the ancient region of Parthia.Various ethnic groups with Kurdish, Turkish, Lor, Arab, Baloch and Gilak origins are settled in this province and it is also known as the Island of the Tribes due to the variety of ethnic groups living in the province.The population history and structural changes of Semnan province's administrative divisions over three consecutive censuses are shown in the following table.The environmentalists, backed by the country's media, began a wide campaign against the ministry's decision, which finally led the Prosecutor General to order a halt in the construction of the road.
Semnan CountySemnanPersianProvinceRegionRegion 1CountiesGovernor-generalMohammad Javad KolivandTime zoneISO 3166 codeMain language(s)Semnani languagesprovincesAlborz5 regionsMedianAchaemenidParthiaGomessNorthwestern Iranian languagesParthianCaspian languagesSemnaniBiyabunakiSangsariSorkheiAftariLasgerdiAradanDamghanGarmsarMehdishahrMeyamiShahrudSorkhehAmiriyehBastamBeyarjomandDarjazinEyvankiKalatehKalateh KhijKohanabadRudianShahmirzadGeography of IranParthian EmpireGolestanMazandaranNorth Khorasan provinceTehranIsfahan provinceSouth Khorasan provinceRazavi Khorasan provinceEnvironmental issues in IranIranian Roads MinistryBayazid BastamiAshraf Jahangir SemnaniDarius IIIDasht-e KavirFath Ali Shah QajarHassan RouhaniHecatompylosShahr-e QumisKhar Turan National ParkMahmud AhmadinejadManuchehri DamghaniRig-e JennSangsar (Mahdishahr)SeleucidsSemnan Space CenterSemnani languageYadollah RoyaeeromanizedGarmsar CountyShahrud CountyOpenStreetMapMerritt RuhlenChisholm, HughEncyclopædia BritannicaMazandaran provinceGolestan provinceTehran provinceQom provinceYazd provinceProvinces of IranArdabilBushehrChaharmahal and BakhtiariEast AzerbaijanHamadanHormozganIsfahanKermanKermanshahKhuzestanKohgiluyeh and Boyer-AhmadKurdistanLorestanMarkaziNorth KhorasanQazvinRazavi KhorasanSistan and BaluchestanSouth KhorasanWest AzerbaijanZanjancitiesAradan CountyDamghan CountyKalateh RudbarMehdishahr CountyMeyami CountySorkheh CountyHasan Juri'sTarikhaneh TempleList of cities, towns and villages in Semnan Province