Iran: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 32.31408 / longitude: 53.68258

General information

Culture

There are UNESCO listed sites in this country: Tchogha Zanbil, Persepolis, Meidan Emam, Esfahan, Takht-e Soleyman, Pasargadae. Here is a list of famous dishes in this country: Chelo kabab, Ghormeh sabzi.

Geography

The area of the country is 1,648,195 km², they use a postcode system and the main cities are: تهران, Tehran, مشهد, فولادشهر, اصفهان. The following languages are spoken by the nation's citizens: Persian. This nation's capital is Tehran and the country shares a border with Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan.

Education

The inhabitants attend school for 15 years (tertiary education included). This nation has a number of interesting universities, including Islamic Azad University, University of Tehran, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Sharif University of Technology, Isfahan University of Technology.

Economy

In 2021 the GDP was $359,713,152,725 USD, which ranks it number 40 in the world. The local currency (IRR) is represented by the symbol ﷼.

Population

There are 79,615,300 inhabitants, or 1.07% of the population of planet earth. With a birth growth rate at 0.93%, the median age is 31.70 years.

Good to know

Check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran for more information about this nation. The country's ISO code is IR, the domain name ".ir" is used by the country's websites, phone numbers start with +98

Summary

Flag
ISO code IR
Capital Tehran
Population 79,615,300
World percentage 1.07%
Median age 31.70 years
Population growth rate 0.93%
Main cities
Borders
Spoken languages Persian
GDP (2021) $359,713,152,725
GDP position #40
Currency code IRR
Currency symbol
School life expectancy 15 years
National dish Chelo kabab, Ghormeh sabzi
TLD .ir
Phone prefix +98
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran

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