Iran: all about this country and its main places!

latitude: 32.31408 / longitude: 53.68258

General information

Culture

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

Education

The inhabitants stay 15 years in school (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

The currency ISO code is IRR and the currency symbol is ﷼. It is ranked 40# in the world with a GDP of $359,713,152,725 USD in 2021.

Geography

The country has a 1,648,195 km² area, a postcode system is employed and the primary cities are: تهران, Tehran, مشهد, فولادشهر, اصفهان. People from this country speak these languages: Persian. This nation's capital is Tehran and the country shares a border with Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan.

Population

This country represents 1.07% of the world's population with about 79,615,300 individuals. The median age of the population is 31.70 years with a birth growth rate of 0.93%.

Good to know

Visit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran to learn more about this nation. Phone numbers start with +98, the ISO code is IR, the country's websites have the domain name ".ir"

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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