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Luristan (Lorestan) (Iran)

image by Chrystian Kretowicz, 7 March 2009

Flag status uncertain.

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Area: 28,392 sq.km
Population: 1,739,644 (2006)
Capital: Khorramabad

Luristan (or Lorestan), province in West Iran. The chief cities are the capital Khorramabad and Borujerd. The region consists mainly of forested and pastured mountain ranges; the highest point is c.13,000 ft (3,962 m). It has large petroleum deposits. Agriculture, however, is the chief industry. Crops include grain, cotton, fruit, vegetables, and oilseed.
Wikipedia has more at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luristan

History at: http://heim.ifi.uio.no/~peyman/lur.html

The ethnic flag of Lurs (Lors) is green with the crescent moon and the white six-pointed star in the canton.
http://iranpoliticsclub.net/flags/ethnic/index.htm*
Chrystian Kretowicz, 7 March 2009

*This "Pictorial History of Iranian Flags", by Ahreeman X, should be considered with extreme caution. Several images (all on the aforementioned page) have been cropped from the FOTW website (but our primary sources and their discussion have been conveniently omitted). Other have been cropped from other, unspecified either, sources, and the status of these flags is not specified.
Ivan Sache, 7 March 2009