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