Ardabil

Ardabil province is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the northwest of the country, in Region 3, bordering the Republic of Azerbaijan, and the provinces of East Azerbaijan, Zanjan, and Gilan. Its administrative centre is the city of Ardabil. The province was established in 1993 from the eastern part of East Azerbaijan.

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the province had a population of 1,209,968 in 281,433 households. The following census in 2011 counted 1,248,488 people in 337,943 households. According to the National Census of 2016, the population of Ardabil province was 1,270,420 in 377,423 households.