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168,718 km 2 (65,142 sq mi) Geographically, the country of Iran is located in West Asia and borders the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman. Topographically, it is predominantly located on the Persian Plateau. Its mountains have impacted both the political and the economic history of the country for several centuries.
Iran, [a] [b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), [c] also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia.It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
Map of provinces of Iran, 1937–1960. In 1937 the territory of Iran was divided into ten administrative regions: Region 1 [], Region 2 [], Region 10 [], etc. For example, Region 7 [] or "Seventh Province" corresponded to present-day Fars Province per the "Territorial Subdivision Act of 1316 Š./1937 (Qānūn-e taqsīmāt-e kešvar)."
The location of Iran. An enlargeable map of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Iran: Iran – sovereign country located in Southwest Asia and the Middle East. [1] Iran is bound by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south and the Caspian Sea to its north.
Language distribution map, country-level. The primary goal of this atlas is to provide an overview of the language situation in Iran. [6] [7] The atlas provides both interactive language distribution maps and static linguistic maps.The language distribution maps show language varieties spoken across the Provinces of Iran alongside an estimation of the number of speakers for each variety.
Map of administrative subdivisions of Iran in 1911, Tehran, eyalats, and velayats Iran has held its modern territory since the Treaty of Paris in 1857. Prior to 1937, Iran had maintained its feudal administrative divisional structure, dating back to the time the modern state was centralized by the Safavid dynasty in the 16th century.
Map of Strait of Hormuz with maritime political boundaries (2004) The Strait of Hormuz (/ hɔːrˈmuːz / Persian: تنگهٔ هُرمُز Tangeh-ye Hormoz listen ⓘ, Arabic: مَضيق هُرمُز Maḍīq Hurmuz) is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ...
Administrative divisions of Iran. The first level of country subdivisions of Iran are the provinces (Persian: استانها; ostānhā). Each province is further subdivided into counties called shahrestan (Persian: شهرستان, romanized: shahrestān), and each county (or shahrestan) is subdivided into districts called bakhsh (Persian ...