The Province of Kerman covers an area of 181,714 sq. km. and is located in the south east of Iran. The said province is the second largest after Khorassan, and includes 11% of the total area of the country. The main townships of the province are as follows: Baft, Bardseer, Bam, Jiroft, Rafsanjan, Zarand, Sirjan, Shahr-e-Babak, Kerman and Kahnooj. In the year 1996, the Province of Kerman had a population of approximately 2,000,000 of which 52.9% dwelled in
the urban areas, and 46% in the rural vicinities, the remaining 1.1% accounted as non residents. The city of Kerman is the provincial capital, and embraces about 80% of the urban population, being one of the most developed and largest cities of the province. The altitudes and heights of the province are a part or the continuation of the central mountain ranges of the country. The same prolong from the volcanic folds beginning in East Azarbayjan, and by branching out in the central plateau of Iran, and terminating in Sistan va Baluchestan. These mountain ranges have brought about vast plains in the Province of Kerman. The Bashagard and Koohbanan Mountains are the highest in this region, and include peaks such as, Toqrol, Aljerd, Palvar, Sirach, Abareq and Tahrood. Other ranges that stretch out from Yazd to Kerman and Hamoon Jazmoorian, include peaks like Medvar, Shahr-e-Babak, Kooh Panj, Chehel Tan, Lalezar, Hezarbahr, Aseman, etc. that rise majestically upwards.