Kerman Province

Kerman (Persian کرمان ) is one of the 31 provinces ( Ostan ) of Iran, located in the southeast of the country.

In the province of 2,652,413 people ( 2006 census ). The area of ​​the province covers 180 836 square kilometers. The population density is 15 inhabitants per square kilometer.

By Kerman leads the old road from Tehran to Pakistan and Afghanistan. The in the region partly still widespread Kerman dialect of the Persian language is difficult to understand Iranians from Tehran. The Kermani speak an ancient dialect ( just as the people of Yazd, Khorasan, Sistan wa Balutschestan or Fars, since the Ethnier of the Persians is well represented in Iran), which still contains many genuine Persian terms.

Geography

The climate of the sparsely populated province is desert-like with hot dry summers and cold dry winters also. The capital is, as the province also, Kerman and has 320,000 inhabitants. It is located in 1748 meters altitude and has a relatively mild climate.

With Iran, the contact region of the Arabian plate and the Eurasian plate runs. Therefore, Iran is a venue for a strong earthquake. Especially the Kerman region is severely affected.

History

The medieval province of Kerman had access to the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea and was with Hormozgan the core of the empires of the Kerman - Bujiden ( 10-11. Century), the Kerman - Seljuks ( 11-12. Century) and also the last Zand prince of modern times ( 18th century).

Earthquake

Large parts of Iran are considered to be at risk from earthquakes (see Iranian plate ).

1981 developed serious quake in June in Golbaf with magnitude 6.9 and in July Sirdsch and Schahdad with magnitude 7.3.

On December 26, 2003, an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 had occurred in about 250 kilometers southeast of Sarand in the city of Bam, which at least 26,000 people were killed. In the summer of 2004, there were in the region to another, but lighter quake.

On 22 February 2005, against 5:55 clock local time ( 3:25 GMT) occurred a serious quake. Approximately 30,000 people in 40 villages were affected. Most of the buildings in the poor, sparsely populated region are built of mud brick, they can withstand earthquakes hardly.