Iran keeps a calendar that begins at the spring equinox, so its new year falls in March. Persian qanats, underground channels dug thousands of years ago, still carry water to farms.
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The capital city of Iran is Tehran, capital city of Iran.
Word: Persepolis
Meaning: ancient capital
Administrative Divisions
29 provinces and 1 division.
Provinces:
- Alborz
- Ardabil
- Bushehr
- Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari
- East Azerbaijan
- Fars
- Gilan
- Golestan
- Hamadan
- Hormozgan
- Ilam
- Isfahan
- Kerman
- Kermanshah
- Khuzestan
- Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
- Kurdistan
- Lorestan
- Mazandaran
- North Khorasan
- Qazvin
- Qom
- Semnan
- Sistan and Baluchestan
- South Khorasan
- Tehran
- West Azerbaijan
- Yazd
- Zanjan
Division:
- IR-31
Administrative divisions of Iran map
Iran is a Country of Middle East located in the Southern Asia sub-region in the continent of Asia, member of OPEP.
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Height
-31 m (-102 ft), 150 m (492 ft), 300 m (984 ft), 750 m (2460 ft), 1000 m (3280 ft), 1500 m (4920 ft), 2500 m (8200 ft), 3000 m (9840 ft), 4000 m (13120 ft), Max altitude 5597 m (18360 ft)Sea depth
0 m (0 ft), 150 m (492 ft), 600 m (1970 ft), 1800 m (5910 ft), 3200 m (10500 ft), deeper than 5200 m (17060 ft)Winter snow (approximate)
Height from west to east in Iran
Height from south to north in Iran
1Persian Gulf (South), Gulf of Oman (Southeast)0 m2Caspian Sea−28 m3Atrek23 to 1 759 m
Population of Iran, 1960–2025
The World Bank: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices
Basic Information
Capital City: Tehran, capital city of Iran
Population: 92,417,681 (World Bank)
Area: 1,648,195 km² / 636,371 sq mi
People from Iran are called: Iranians, Persians
Geography
Latitude: 32.166° N
Longitude: 54.931° E
Geographical Subregion: Southern Asia
Continental Region: Asia
Highest Elevation Point: Damavand (5 610 m)
Lowest point: Caspian Sea (−28 m)
Borders
- Turkmenistan — Land border
- Afghanistan — Land border
- Iraq — Land border
- Armenia — Land border
- Pakistan — Land border
- Azerbaijan — Land border
- Turkey — Land border
Climate
mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Global Indices
EF EPI Position: 62 (EF EPI)
EF EPI Score: 499 (EF EPI)
EF EPI Proficiency: Low Proficiency (EF EPI)
Global Peace Index Rank: 144 (GPI)
Global Peace Index Score: 2.759 (GPI)
Human Development
HDI Rank: 75 (UNDP)
HDI Value: 0.799
Mean Years of Schooling: 10.8
Expected Years of Schooling: 14.0
Life Expectancy at Birth: 77.7 Years
Religion
Most Predominant: Muslim official
Second Most Predominant: Other includes Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Christian
LGBTI Rights
Legal Status: Illegal (ILGA)
Legal Mechanism: N/A
Death Penalty: Yes
Maximum Prison Sentence: Unknown
Physical Punishment: Flogging
International Memberships
OPEP - since 1960
Technical Information
Time Zone: UTC+03:30
Official website: president.ir/en
TLD: .ir
Calling Code: +98
MapGeo Name: Iran
MapGeo Code: IR