country profile

LOCATION:

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

GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES:

32 00 N, 53 00 E

AREA:

total: 1.648 million sq km
land: 1.636 million sq km
water: 12,000 sq km

CLIMATE:

mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast

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

COUNTRY NAME:

conventional long form: Islamic Republic of Iran
conventional short form: Iran
local long form: Jomhuri-ye Eslami-ye Iran
local short form: Iran
former: Persia

GOVERNMENT TYPE:

theocratic republic

CAPITAL:

name: Tehran
geographic coordinates: 35 40 N, 51 25 E
time difference: UTC+3.5 (8.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)

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