Lurestan Province situated to the west of Iran covers an area of 28,392 sq. km. The townships of this province are as follows: Khorram Abad, Borujerd, Aligoodarz, Dorood, Koohdasht, Azna, Delfan, Selseleh and Pol-e-Dokhtar. Khorram Abad is the center of the province. To the north it has common borders with the Markazil Province and Hamedan Province, to the south is Khuzestan Province, to the east is Esfahan Province and to the west are the provinces of Kermanshah and Ilam.
In the year 1996, this province had a population of approximately 1.6 million, of which about 53.6% resided in the urban areas, 45.3% in the rural areas and the rest were non-residents. Lurestan Province is a mountainous region. The highest most area is the Oshtoran Kooh region at an altitude of 4,050 m. The low-lying areas being in the southern most sector of the province, approximately 500 m. above sea-level.