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Area > Comparative slightly larger than Alaska
Area > Land	1,636,000 sq km		[18th of 238]
Area > Total	1,648,000 sq km		[24th of 250]
Capital city with population	Tehran - 7,160,094
Climate mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Geographic coordinates	32 00 N, 53 00 E
Land boundaries > Border countries Afghanistan 936 km, Armenia 35 km, Azerbaijan-proper 432 km, Azerbaijan-Naxcivan exclave 179 km, Iraq 1,458 km, Pakistan 909 km, Turkey 499 km, Turkmenistan 992 km
Land use > Arable land	9.78%		[116th of 258]
Largest city	Teheran
Largest city population	6,836,000		[18th of 174]
Largest city with population	Tehran - 7,160,094
Location Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan
Map references Middle East
Natural hazards periodic droughts, floods; dust storms, sandstorms; earthquakes
Natural resources petroleum, natural gas, coal, chromium, copper, iron ore, lead, manganese, zinc, sulfur
Population density	39.84 people per sqkm		[154th of 256]
Population density > people per sq. km	41.71 people/m²		[140th of 204]
Precipitation	230 mm		[84th of 95]
Surface area > sq. km	1,648,200 km²		[17th of 206]
tallest mountains > Mountain Kuh-e Damavand

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