Iran
Names and codes: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0 · Boundary: Natural Earth, public domain · Refresh date not recorded · Sources and licenses
Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- IR
- ISO alpha-3
- IRN
- ISO numeric
- 364
- FIPS 10-4
- IR
- GeoNames ID
- 130758
Key facts
- Capital
- Tehran
- Area
- 1,648,000 km²
- Population
- 81,800,269
- Currency
- Rial (IRR)
- Calling code
- +98
- Top-level domain
- .ir
- Official languages
- fa-IR,ku
Continent
- Name
- Asia
- Code
- AS
- In this dataset
- 51 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 32
- Longitude
- 53
- Min latitude
- 25.059408165000036
- Min longitude
- 44.01486332200011
- Max latitude
- 39.771526998000084
- Max longitude
- 63.31962813300004
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/IR?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 1648000,
"capital": "Tehran",
"continent_code": "AS",
"currency_code": "IRR",
"iso3_code": "IRN",
"iso_code": "IR",
"name": "Iran",
"population": 81800269
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/IR/regions/v1/cities?country=IR/v1/postal-codes?country=IR/v1/timezones?country=IR
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- إيران
- Chinese
- 伊朗
- English
- Iran
- French
- Iran
- German
- Iran
- Hindi
- ईरान
- Italian
- Iran
- Japanese
- イラン
- Korean
- 이란
- Portuguese
- República Islâmica do Irã
- Russian
- Иран
- Spanish
- Irán
- Total language variants
- 151
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Asia/Tehran | UTC+03:30 | UTC+03:30 |
Postal code format
- Format
- ##########
- Pattern
^(\d{10})$
First-level administrative regions
- Tehran Province
- Razavi Khorasan Province
- Isfahan Province
- Fars Province
- Khuzestan Province
- East Azerbaijan Province
- Mazandaran Province
- West Azerbaijan Province
- Kerman Province
- Sistan and Baluchestan Province
- Alborz Province
- Gilan Province
- Kermanshah Province
- Golestan Province
- Hormozgan Province
- Lorestan Province
- Hamadan Province
- Kurdistan Province
- Markazi Province
- Qom Province
- Qazvin Province
- Ardabil Province
- Bushehr Province
- Yazd Province
24 of 31 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Tehran | 7,153,309 |
| Mashhad | 2,307,177 |
| Isfahan | 1,547,164 |
| Karaj | 1,448,075 |
| Tabriz | 1,424,641 |
| Shiraz | 1,249,942 |
| Qom | 900,000 |
| Ahvaz | 841,145 |
| Kermanshah | 621,100 |
| Rasht | 594,590 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 81,828
- First-level regions
- 31
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 151
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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