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Ethnic Groups and Religion Of Iranian
As with the spoken languages, the ethnic group composition also remains a point of debate, mainly regarding the largest and second-largest ethnic groups, the Persians and Azerbaijanis, due to the l...
Iran's Demographics and Languages
Iran's population grew rapidly during the latter half of the 20th century, increasing from about 19 million in 1956 to around 75 million by 2009. However, Iran's birth rate has dropped significantl...
Education , Science and Technology In Iran
Education in Iran is highly centralized. K–12 is supervised by the Ministry of Education, and higher education is under the supervision of the Ministry of Science and Technology. The adult li...
Iran's Energy Reserves
Iran has the world's second-largest proved gas reserves after Russia, with 33.6 trillion cubic metres, and the third-largest natural gas production after Indonesia and Russia. It also ranks fourth ...
Tourism In Iran
Although tourism declined significantly during the war with Iraq, it has been subsequently recovered. About 1,659,000 foreign tourists visited Iran in 2004, and 2.3 million in 2009, mostly from Asi...
Economy Of Iran
Iran's economy is a mixture of central planning, state ownership of oil and other large enterprises, village agriculture, and small-scale private trading and service ventures.[260] In 2014, GDP was...
Regions, Provinces and Cities Of Iran
Iran is divided into five regions with thirty one provinces (ostān), each governed by an appointed governor (ostāndār). The provinces are divided into counties (šahrestān), and subdivided in...
Climate of Iran
Having 11 climates out of the world's 13, Iran's climate is diverse, ranging from arid and semi-arid, to subtropical along the Caspian coast and the northern forests. On the northern edge of the co...
Geography of Iran
Iran has an area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi). It lies between latitudes 24° and 40° N, and longitudes 44° and 64° E. It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia (...
Iran Country
Iran (Persian: ایران Irān [ʔiːˈɾɒːn] ), also known as Persia (/ˈpɜːrʒə/), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān ), is a sovereign state in Western Asia. W...
