General Information

Country: Islamic Republic of Iran

Area: 1648195 sq. km

Population: 70472846 (2005)

Capital: Tehran

Official Religion: Islam

Official Language: Farsi (Persian)

Money Unit: Rial

Land and Government  
Iran comprises a land area of over 1. 6 million square Km (the 17th country in the world by land area). It is located in south west of Asia and is one of the middle-east countries. Iran lies down the northern temperate zone, between latitudes 25 degree north and 39 degree 47' north and between longitude 44 degree 02' east and 63 degree 20' east.

Iran is bounded by Turkmenistan, Caspian Sea , Azerbaijan, and Armenia on the North , Afghanistan and Pakistan on the East , Oman sea and Persian gulf on the South , and Iraq and Turkey on the West .

Totally Iran has a border of 8731 km of which 2700 k.ms go for water borders and 6031 k.ms for land borders. 

  The highest point in Iran is Mount Damavand being 5610 meters high.
 The longest river is the Karun river being 890 kilometers long (only navigable river).
 The largest lake is the Orumiyeh Lake with an area of 4868 kilometers.
 The largest island is Qeshm with an area of 1491 square kilometers.
 

Iranian government system is Islamic republic and its national day is 22th Bahman (11th Feb). Tehran is the capital of Iran

Administrative divisions of Iran at the end of 2005
Number of Provinces: 30
Number of Sub - provinces: 324
Number of Counties: 865
Number of Cities: 982
Number of Rural agglomerations: 2378