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Ardebil

Bushehr

Chahar mahal
 Va Bakhtiari

East Azabaijan

 Fars
 
Guilan  Hamadan Hormozgan
Isfahan
 
Kerman Khorasan Khuzistan
Kurdistan
 
Lorestan Markazi Mazandaran
       
Quazvin Semnan Sistan &
Baluchistan
Tehran
       
 
West Azarbaijan
 
Yazd Zandjan  
       
       

 

Geography

 
Location: Islamic Republic of Iran is located in the Middle East, and has common borders with Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkemanistan,  Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iraq and Persian Gulf sheikdoms
Area: 1,648,000 sq. km
Climate: Some parts of Iran have dry air and semi-dry air but someother parts are moderate and mild.Altogether, Iran enjoy diversity in climate.
Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, Iran ore, lead, Manganese, zinc

 

People

 
Population:61,9 million
Population growth rate: 1.5 %
Ethnic groups: Persian 51%, Azerbaijani 29%, Gilaki & Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%, Baloch 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%
Religions: Shia Muslim 95%, Sunni Muslim 4%, other 1%
Language: Persian & Persian dialects 58%, Turkish & Turkic Dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Baloch 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%

 

Politics

 
Government type: Islamic Republic
National capital: Tehran
National day: Islamic Republic Day, 1 April (1979)
Flag description: Three equal horizontal bands of green (top), white, and red, the national emblem ( a stylized representation of the word Allah) in red is centered in the white band, Allah Akbar (God is the Greater) in white Arabic scrpit is repeated 11 times along the bottom edge of the green band and 11 times along the edge of the red band.

 

Economy

 
Exports: Petroleum, carpet, fruits, dried fruits (pistachio, raisin, date), Hideand, caviar, petrochemical productions, textiles, garment, foods industry productions.
Imports: Machinery, metal works foodstuffs, pharmaceutical, technical services, chemical products.
Industries: Petroleum, petrochemicals, textiles, cement & other building materials, food processing (particularly sugar refining & vegetable oil production), metal fabricating
Agriculture: Wheat, Rice, Grains, Sugar, Beets, Fruits, Nuts, Cotton, Dairy products, Wool, Caviar
Currency:10 Iranian Rials (IR) = 1 toman

 

Transportation

 
Railways: 7, 286
Highways: 158,000 km
Pipelines: Crude oil 5,900 km, petroleum products 3900 km, natural Gas 4,550 km
Ports: Abadan, Ahwaz, Bandarshahid Beheshti, Bandar Abbas, Bandar Anzali, Bandar Mahshahr, Bandar Bushehr, Bandar Khomeini, Bandar Turkmen, Khorramshahr, Nowshahr
Airport: 261
 

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