Where is Iran?

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Where is Iran Located?

As Iran location map shows that Iran is located in western Asia. Country’s name Iran is quite old and has been in use since the Sassanian era natively. However, the country was known to world by the name of Persia until 1935; but from the year 1935 the name Iran has internationally recognized. This is the reason that even in this modern era both names are used interchangeably.

Geographically, the country is part of Middle East and has very strategic location. As the map of Iran shows that it shares its international boundaries with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan in the north, Afghanistan and Pakistan, in the west, Turkey in the North West, and Iraq in the west. Besides, Iran map also clearly shows the Caspian Sea in the north and Persian Gulf in the south west and south limit the further extension of the territory and make coastline with the country. Since, Iran has such diversify geographical features therefore; county’s climate varies from arid, semiarid, to subtropical.

Iran is a founding member of many international organizations including the UN, OPEC, NAM, and OIC. Iran is always remains in news because of regional power that she holds and hence it has an important position in international energy security and world. Above all, it has huge reserves of petroleum and natural gas.

The government type of Iran is Islamic Republic and it is based upon the 1979 constitution it consists of several intricately inter-related governing bodies. However, the highest state authority is the Supreme Leader. Country’s official religion is Shia Islam and Persian is the official language.

Provinces of Iran

Iran has been divided into 31 provinces. This is list of provinces Iran with their capitals, population and area in square kilometers.

Province	Capital	Population	Pop. density (/km2)	Area (km2)
Alborz	Karaj	2,712,400	465.01	5,833
Ardabil	Ardabil	1,270,420	71.37	17,800
Azerbaijan, East	Tabriz	3,909,652	85.64	45,650
Azerbaijan, West	Urmia	3,265,219	87.22	37,437
Bushehr	Bushehr	1,163,400	51.15	22,743
Chahar Mahaal and Bakhtiari	Shahrekord	947,763	58.03	16,332
Fars	Shiraz	4,851,274	39.57	122,608
Gilan	Rasht	2,530,696	180.22	14,042
Golestan	Gorgan	1,868,819	92.53	20,195
Hamadan	Hamadan	1,738,234	90.78	19,368
Hormozgan	Bandar Abbas	1,776,415	25.14	70,669
Ilam	Ilam	580,158	28.82	20,133
Isfahan	Isfahan	5,120,850	47.85	107,029
Kerman	Kerman	3,164,718	17.27	183,285
Kermanshah	Kermanshah	1,952,434	78.1	24,998
Khorasan, North	Bojnourd	863,092	30.35	28,434
Khorasan, Razavi	Mashhad	6,434,501	54.12	118,884
Khorasan, South	Birjand	768,898	5.06	151,913
Khuzestan	Ahvaz	4,710,509	73.54	64,055
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad	Yasuj	713,052	45.99	15,504
Kurdistan	Sanandaj	1,603,011	55.02	29,137
Lorestan	Khorramabad	1,760,649	62.23	28,294
Markazi	Arak	1,429,475	49.07	29,130
Mazandaran	Sari	3,283,582	138.54	23,701
Qazvin	Qazvin	1,273,761	81.92	15,549
Qom	Qom	1,292,283	112.12	11,526
Semnan	Semnan	702,360	7.2	97,491
Sistan and Baluchestan	Zahedan	2,775,014	15.35	180,726
Tehran	Tehran	13,267,637	705.2	18,814
Yazd	Yazd	1,138,533	14.89	76,469
Zanjan	Zanjan	1,057,461	48.57	21,773

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Iran Facts & Information

Country - Iran	Facts
Continent	Asia
Coordinates	32.4279° N, 53.6880° E
Capital and largest city	Tehran
Administrative Divisions	31 provinces
Regions of Iran	5 Regions (Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, Kermanshah and Mashhad)
Official languages	Persian
Recognised regional languages	showList of languages
Ethnic groups	showList of ethnicities
Religion	Shia Islam (official)
Demonym(s)	Iranian
Government	Unitary theocratic Islamic republic
Area	1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi) (17th)
• Water (%)	1.63 (as of 2015)
Population 2022 estimate	86,758,304[8] (17th)
• Density	48/km2 (124.3/sq mi) (162nd)
GDP (PPP) 2022 estimate	$1.599 trillion[9] (21st)
• Per capita	$18,663[9] (85th)
GDP (nominal) 2022 estimate	$231.55 billion[10] (14th)
Gini (2018)	42
HDI (2021)	0.774 (76th)
Currency	Iranian rial (ریال) (IRR)
Time zone	UTC+3:30 (IRST)
Calling code	98
ISO 3166 code	IR
Primary International Airport	Imam Khomeini International Airport, Tehran
Internet TLD	.ir
Official Website	https://irangov.ir/en

List of 20 Largest Cities in Iran

Rank	Name	Province	Pop. (2016 Census)
1	Tehran	Tehran	8,693,706
2	Mashhad	Razavi Khorasan	3,001,184
3	Isfahan	Isfahan	1,961,260
4	Karaj	Alborz	1,592,492
5	Shiraz	Fars	1,565,572
6	Tabriz	East Azarbaijan	1,558,693
7	Qom	Qom	1,201,158
8	Ahvaz	Khuzestan	1,184,788
9	Kermanshah	Kermanshah	946,651
10	Urmia	West Azarbaijan	736,224
11	Rasht	Gilan	679,995
12	Zahedan	Sistan and Baluchestan	587,730
13	Hamadan	Hamadan	554,406
14	Kerman	Kerman	537,718
15	Yazd	Yazd	529,673
16	Ardabil	Ardabil	529,374
17	Bandar Abbas	Hormozgan	526,648
18	Arak	Markazi	520,944
19	Eslamshahr	Tehran	448,129
20	Zanjan	Zanjan	430,871