AREA ................................................
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1.648.000
kmq
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POPULATION ..................................
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67.503.205 in.
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DENSITY .........................................
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41,0 in/kmq
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CAPITAL ..........................................
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Teheran
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LANGUAGES ....................................
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Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%
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RELIGIONS ......................................
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Shi'a Muslim 89%, Sunni Muslim 9%, Zoroastrian, Jewish, Christian, and Baha'i 2%
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CURRENCY ......................................
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Iranian rial (IRR)
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GDP per CAPITA .............................
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7525 $ (2004)
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX ..
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0,527 (93th place)
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LOWEST POINT ...............................
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Caspian Sea -28 m
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HIGHEST POINT ..............................
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Kuh-e Damavand 5671 m
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INDEPENDENCE ...............................
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1 April 1979 (Islamic Republic of Iran proclaimed)
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INSTITUTIONAL FORM ...................
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Islamic Republic
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WEB DOMAIN ..................................
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.ir
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COUNTRY CODE ..............................
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+98
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