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Capital
Tehran
Population
66,622,704 (July 2002 est.)
Area
total: 1.648 million sq km; slightly larger than Alaska
Type of Government
theocratic republic
Money
Iranian rial (IRR)
Climate
mostly arid or semiarid, subtropical along Caspian coast
Primary Language
Persian and Persian dialects 58%, Turkic and Turkic dialects 26%, Kurdish 9%, Luri 2%, Balochi 1%, Arabic 1%, Turkish 1%, other 2%