Iran Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Iran with its capital Tehran is located in Asia (Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman). It covers some 1,648,001 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Alaska) with 65,875,000 citizens. Persian and Kurdish are the some of the languages spoken by the majority in Iran. Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Armenia, Pakistan, Azerbaijan and Turkey are bordering countries.

Iran is a large country between the Middle East and Central Asia, between the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea. Though the northern part of Iran is covered by dense rain forests called Shomal or the Jungles of Iran. The eastern parts consists mostly of desert basins such as the Dasht-e Kavir, Iran's largest desert, in the north-central portion of the country, and the Dasht-e Lut, in the east, as well as some salt lakes.

Pictures from Capital (Tehran)

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About Iran

The terrain offersrugged, mountainous rim with high, central basin with deserts, mountains and small, discontinuous plains along both coasts. The average density of population is about 39 per km². The climate in Iran can be described as mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast. Possible natural disasters include periodic droughts, floods or dust storms, sandstorms or earthquakes.

To reach someone in Iran dial +98 prior to a number. There are 25,804,000 installed telephones. And there are 52,555,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ir". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 31 regions/states in Iran we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Iranian population grew at a rate of 0.94% (or by 630,153 citizens). With 386,136 deaths and 1,161,760 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 1.16%. -145,471 persons more in total emmigrated from the country than immigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Iran: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.