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| Country profile |
Iran is located in South West Asia (between the Persian Gulf and the Caspian Sea).
Iran is one of the world's most mountainous countries.
Iran's population is estimated at 70 million. (1993)
Land Area: 1,648,000 sq. km. (Iran ranks sixteenth in size among the countries of the world)
Capital : Tehran with 20 million population. (1993)
Iran Leader (English, Farsi)
Iran President (English, Farsi)
| 30 Provinces |
- Ardabīl
- Āzarbāyjān-e Bākhtarī
- Āzarbāyjān-e Khāvarī
- Bākhtarān
- Būshehr
- Chāhār Mahāll va Bakhtīārī
- Esfehān
- Fārs
- Gīlān
- Golestān
- Hamedān
- Hormozgān
- Īlām
- Kermān
- Khorāsān Shomali
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- Khorāsān Razavi
- Khorāsān Jonoobi
- Khūzestān
- Kohkīlūyeh va Būyer Ahmadī
- Kordestān
- Lorestān
- Markazī
- Māzandarān
- Qazvīn
- Qom
- Semnān
- Sīstān va Balūchestān
- Tehrān
- Yazd
- Zanjān
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| Ethnic divisions (2003) | |
Fars 51%
Azerbaijani 24%
Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%
Kurd 7%
Arab 3%
Lur 2%
Baloch 2%
Turkmen 2%
other 1%
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| Languages (2003) | |
Farsi and Farsi dialects 58%
Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%
Kurdish 9%
Luri 2%
Baloch 1%
Arabic 1%
Turkish 1%
other 2%
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| Boundries |
Land Bounderies Total: 5440 Km
North:
Azarbaijan (611 km)
Armenia (35 km)
Caspian Sea (740 km)
Turkmanestan (992 km)
East:
Afghanistan (936 km)
Pakistan (909 km)
South:
Persian Gulf (1,620 km)
Gulf of Oman (820 km)
West:
Iraq (1,458 km)
Turkey (499 km)
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| Religions (2003) | |
Shi'a Muslim 89%
Sunni Muslim 10%
Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 1%
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| Natural resources |
Petroleum, Natural gas, Coal,
Chromium, Copper, Iron ore,
Lead, Manganese, Zinc, Sulfur
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| Life expectancy (2003) | |
Male: 68.04 years
Female: 70.73 years
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| Telecommunications (1993) | |
Microwave radio relay extends throughout country (system centered in Tehran)
Broadcast stations: 72 AM, 5 FM, 5 Shortwave, 28 TV
Satellite earth stations: 2 Atlantic Ocean INTELSAT and 1 Indian Ocean INTELSAT
HF radio and microwave radio relay to Turkey, Pakistan, Syria, Kuwait, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan
Submarine fiber optic cable to UAE
Internet country code: .ir
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* With some help from United States Federal Research Division.
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