Analysis and Classification of Transport and Communications Index in the Provinces of Iran

One of the most important aspects of development in any country, the amount of transport and communication infrastructure and the development of areas directly related to the quality and quantity of the benefit of these indicators in the relationship. This study used Factor Analysis to classify provinces by dividing the country in 2011 in terms of the amount of indicators of transport and communications and Storage deals. The required data includes 32 indicators in the field of transport, 10 indicators in the field of storage and 31 indicators in the area of communication to collect and database was established, then the index in both transportation and warehousing and communications division, indexes Group transportation and storage of the seven factors Communications Group indices have decreased in four factors. Finally, with the ratings agency of any state, province in five highly developed, developed, average, poor or very poor were ranked and the province have shown on the map. The results indicate that in the transportation and storage of Isfahan, Khuzestan, Kermanshah, Fars and Tehran highly developed and Ardabil, Ilam, Bushehr, Kohgilogeh and Boyer Ahmad, Yazd, Qom, Semnan and South Khorasan in the category of very deprived. On receiving the communication Tehran, Isfahan, Khuzestan, Sistan and Baluchestan and Gilaan highly developed and Ilam, Kohgilogeh and Boyer Ahmad, Qom and South Khorasan in the category have been very poor.