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 |
