Iran - Language, Culture, Customs and Etiquette
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Facts and Statistics
Location: The Middle East, bordering 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
Capital: Tehran
Climate: mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Population: 69,018,924 (July 2004 est.)
Ethnic Make-up: Persian 51%, Azeri 24%, Gilaki and Mazandarani 8%, Kurd 7%, Arab 3%, Lur 2%,
Baloochi 2%, Turkmen 2%, other 1%
