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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