Iran Geography

Country Name: Islamic Republic of Iran

Capital City: Tehran

Population: 65,397,521 (2007 est.)

Population Growth: 0.663% (2007 est.)

Currency: Iranian rial (IRR)

Languages: Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, , other 7%

Area: 1.648 million sq km

Inflation Rate: 15.8% (2006 est.)

Unemployment Rate: 15% (2007)

Domain extension: .ir

GEOGRAPHIC DETAILS OF IRAN

Location:

Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan

Geographic Co-ordinates:

32 00 N, 53 00 E

Area - total:

1.648 million sq km

Area - total:

1.648 million sq km

Area - land:

1.636 million sq km

Area - water:

12,000 sq km

Land Boundaries:

5,440 km

Border Countries:

Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km, Azerbaijan-proper 432 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179 km, Iraq 1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km

Terrain:

rugged, mountainous rim; high, central basin with deserts, mountains; small, discontinuous plains along both coasts

Elevation - highest point:

Kuh-e Damavand 5,671 m

Elevation - lowest point:

Caspian Sea -28 m

Natural Resources:

petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur

Arable Land:

9.78%

Permanent Crops:

1.29%

Other Land Use:

88.93% (2005)

Natural Hazards:

periodic droughts, floods; dust storms, sandstorms; earthquakes