Explore Iran in Asia - Iran Tourism Info

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.

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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 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 country consists of 31 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Iran

Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Iran Tourism

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Iran has 8 more world heritage locations. To see all of them, visit the Iran Unesco Heritage location overview.

Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran

The Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran, in the north-west of the country, consists of three monastic ensembles of the Armenian Christian faith: St Thaddeus and St Stepanos and the Chapel of...

Bam and its Cultural Landscape

Bam is situated in a desert environment on the southern edge of the Iranian high plateau. The origins of Bam can be traced back to the Achaemenid period (6th to 4th centuries BC). Its heyday was...

Bisotun

Bisotun is located along the ancient trade route linking the Iranian high plateau with Mesopotamia and features remains from the prehistoric times to the Median, Achaemenid, Sassanian, and Ilkhanid...

Meidan Emam, Esfahan

Built by Shah Abbas I the Great at the beginning of the 17th century, and bordered on all sides by monumental buildings linked by a series of two-storeyed arcades, the site is known for the Royal...

Pasargadae

Pasargadae was the first dynastic capital of the Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus II the Great, in Pars, homeland of the Persians, in the 6th century BC. Its palaces, gardens and the mausoleum...

Demographic Information

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.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Iran is growing at an rate of 0.94% (or by 630,153 citizens). Each year 145,471 people leave this country (or 2.20 per thousand citizens) - making it an emmigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of 1.16%. Or an total increase of 775,624 citizens.

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.