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Capital:
Tehran
Area:
1,648,000 sq km / 636,128 sq ml
Language:
Farsi, Kurdish, Turkish, Arabic
Currency:
Rial
Population:
68,278,826
Life expectancy:
67 (men), 68 (women)
Literacy rate:
65% (men), 43% (women)
Religions:
94% Shi'ite Muslim, Sunni Muslim, Zoroastrian, Christian, Jewish, Baha'i
Physical features:
Plateau surrounded by mountains, including Elburz and Zagros; Dasht-Ekavir Desert
Ethnic distribution:
63% Persian origin, 18% Turkic, 13% other Iranian, 3% Kurdish, 3% Arabic
Exports:
Carpets, cotton textiles, metalwork, oil, petrochemicals, fruit, leather goods
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