Kurdistan or Kordestan province (Persian: استان کردستان, romanized: Ostān-e Kordestān; Kurdish: پارێزگای کوردستان, romanized: Parêzgayî Kurdistan) is a province in Iran. The province of Kurdistan is 28,817 km2 in area. It is located in the west of Iran, in Region 3. It borders the Kurdistan Region of Iraq to the west, the province of West Azerbaijan to the north, Zanjan to the northeast, Hamedan to the east and Kermanshah to the south. It exists within both Iranian Kurdistan and Kurdistan.