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![Hierarchy of Sīstān va Balūchestān (province)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
Sīstān va Balūchestān (province) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 28 30 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 28.5000 decimal degrees |
Long: 060 30 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 60.5000 decimal degrees |
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Note: This province is comprised of two regions, Sīstān and Balūchestān. It shares the eastern borders of Pākistān and Afghānistān, and shares local borders with the provinces of Khorāsān (north) and Kermān (west). The region belonged to the Parthian Empire (250 BCE-226CE) and was passed down during the Sāsānid, Safavid, and Qājār dynasties. |
Names: |
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Sīstān va Balūchestān (preferred,C,V,Persian-Farsi)
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Sīstān va Balūchestān, Ostān-e (C,V)
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Ostān-e Sīstān va Balūchestān (C,V)
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Sīstān-e Balūchestān (C,V)
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Balūchestān va Sïstan (C,V)
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Balūchestān va Sīstān (C,V)
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Seistan (C,V)
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Sistan (C,V)
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Ostān-e Sīstān va Balūchestān (C,U,O,Persian-Farsi-P)
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Baloochestan-Sistan (C,U)
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Baluchestan (C,U)
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Baluchistan (C,U)
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Baluchistan and Sistan (C,U)
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Balūjestān va Sistān (C,U)
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Balūjestān va Sīstān (C,U)
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Eleventh Ostan (C,U)
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Farmāndāri-ye Koll-e Balūchestān va Sīstān (C,U)
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IR04 (C,U,FIPS)
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Ostan Balouchestan va Sistan (C,U)
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Ostan of Sistan-Baloochestan (C,U)
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Sistan and Baluchistan (C,U)
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Sīstān Balūchestan (C,U)
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Sistan and Baluchestan (C,U,English)
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Sistan and Baluchestan Province (C,U,English)
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the 11th Ostan (C,U,English)
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استان سیستان و بلوچستان (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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سیستان و بلوچستان (C,U,Persian-Farsi)
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Markrān (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Iran (nation) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Farmāndāri-ye Koll-e Balūchestān va Sīstān.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3085937-3085937 |
Ostān-e Sīstān va Balūchestān.......... |
[VP] |
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NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -3085937-3085937 |
Sistan and Baluchestan Province.......... |
[VP] |
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GeoNames online [n.d.] 1159456 |
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