Sistan and Baluchestan province is the second largest of the 31 Provinces of Iran, after Kerman Province, with an area of 180,726 km². Its capital is the city of Zahedan. The province is in the southeast of the country, bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The name of the region was Baluchistan at first. Later it became «Baluchistan and Sistan», and today it has become «Sistan and Baluchestan».
