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  1. Mountainous province in W Iran; area 28,800
  2. sq km/11,117 sq mi; population (1986)
  3. 1,367,000. The capital is Khorramabad. The
  4. province is inhabited by Lur tribes who live
  5. by their sheep and cattle. Excavation in the
  6. area has revealed a culture of the 8th-7th
  7. centuries bc with bronzes decorated with
  8. animal forms; its origins are uncertain.
  9.