Islamic Republic of Iran is the vast plateau country, crossroads between the Middle East and the rest of Asia, a land where history and ancient civilisations are steeped in mystery and legend.Ranking as the fifteenth populous country in the world, Iran with a total population of 58,500,000 demonstrated an annual growth of 3.6% during late 1980s.
Encompassing a 1,648195 Sq. km area and strategically located in the middle east region, Iran is situated both in the northern hemisphere and east of Greenwich meridian on 25-40 degree lat and 43-63 degree long.

    iran's geography

•  Location: Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan

• Geographic coordinates: 32 00 N , 53 00 E

• Map references: Middle East

• Area: total:  1.648 million sq km
             land:  1.636 million sq km
          water:  12,000 sq km

• Land boundaries: total:  5,440 km
  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.

• Coastline: 2,440 km; note - Iran also borders the Caspian Sea (740 km)

Islamic Republic of Iran is officially divided into 28 provinces, 195 cities, 500 districts and also the city of Tehran and its suburbs, with over 10 million inhabitants, constitute the capital.The following is a list of major cities and their distances from the capital:

    geography map of iran