Public libraries are among the most important cultural centers in every city or province. According to statistics extracted by Namafar from the Iran Public Libraries Institution website, there are 3,685 public libraries in the country, of which 77.8 percent are located in urban areas and 22.2 percent in rural areas.
An analysis of the distribution of the country's public libraries by province shows that Tehran Province, with 341 public libraries, has the largest number of libraries in the country. Isfahan, Fars, and Khorasan Razavi provinces rank next.
But examining the number of libraries in each province per 100 thousand people (population) shows that Tehran's situation is not so impressive! In fact, if the number of libraries is calculated relative to population, Tehran is the country's poorest province in terms of the number of public libraries.
Namafar's "Public Libraries of the Country" dashboard, by extracting, processing, and visualizing data from the Iran Public Libraries Institution website, has made interactive examination of the data possible. To access this product, visit the Namafar website.
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Machine-translated from Persian by Namafar; the Persian original is authoritative. Read the original in Persian