Atlas of Iran

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Atlas-country Iran

ايران‎ فارسی ايران‎ - جمهوری اسلامی ايران ایران کشوری در جنوب غربی آسیا در منطقهٔ مشهور به خاورمیانه است. پایتخت آن تهران است. Azərbaycan İran Qərbi-Asiyada dövlət. Şimalda Ermənistan, Azərbaycan və Türkmənistanla , şərqdə Əfqanıstan və Pakistanla, qərbdə İraq və Türkiyə ilə sərhəddir. Şimaldan Xəzər dənizi ilə, Cənubdan İran və Oman körfəzləri ilə əhatə olunmuşdur. Ərazi 31 ostana bölünmüşdür. Ostanlara rəhbərliyi Daxili İşlər naziri tərəfindən təyin edilən general-qubernatorlar edir. Ostanlar öz növbələrində şəhristanlara bölünürlər. Şəhristanların tərkibinə şəhərlər və digər ərazilər daxildirlər. Şəhristana rəhbərlik edən məmurlar bəzən təyin olunur bəzəndə seçilirlər. Kurdî / كوردی Îran (farsî: جمهوری اسلامی ایران) welatekê Rojhilata Navîn e. Navê wê yê fermî Komara Îslamî ya Îranê ye (bi Farisî: Comhûrîyê Êslamîyê Îran). Îran li Bukur bi Ermenistanê, Azerbaycanê û Tirkmenistanê re, li rojava bi Tirkiye û Îraqê re, li rojhilat bi Efxanistan û Pakistanê re û li başûr bi Kendava Farisî û Kendava Omanê re û li aliyê din ê wan herduyan re bi Kuweyt , Erebistana Siûdî, Bahreyn, Qeter, Mîrnişînên Erebî yên Yekbûyî û Ommanê re hevsî e. Mezzhebê fermî yê Îranê Şî û zimanê fermî jî Farisî ye. English Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran The Islamic Republic of Iran, formerly known as Persia in the West, is a large Western Asian country located in the Middle East and Central Asia. Its area equals the size of the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Germany combined. Iran borders ► Armenia, ► Azerbaijan (including its ► Nakhichevan exclave) and ► Turkmenistan to the north, ► Afghanistan and ► Pakistan to the east, and ► Iraq (with ► Kurdistan) and ► Turkey to the west. In addition, it borders the Persian Gulf, across which lie ► Kuwait, ► Iraq, ► Saudi Arabia, ► Bahrain, ► Oman, ► Qatar, and the ► United Arab Emirates. Short name  Iran Official name Islamic Republic of Iran Status Independent country, united since 1502 Location Middle East Capital تهران (Tehran) Population 79,926,270 inhabitants Area 1,628,771 square kilometres (628,872 sq mi) Major languages Persian (official), Azerbaijani, Kurdish Major religions Shi'a Islam, Sunni Islam, Zoroastrianism More information Iran, Geography of Iran, History of Iran and Politics of Iran More images Iran - Iran (Category).

General maps

Map of Iran

Map of Iran in Persian

Map of Iran

Topographic map

Provinces of Iran

Counties of Iran

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Iran (Persia), illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Iran (Persia).

Fertile Crescent

Akkadian Empire around 2000 BCE

The Elamite Empire (2700-539 BCE)

The Assyrian Empire in the 9th to 7th centuries BC

Deportation of the Jews by the Assyrian Empire

Neo-Assyrian Empire

Urartu at its greatest extent in the time of Sarduris II, 743 BC

Median Empire

Persian Empire

The Persian Achaemenid Empire (not at its greatest extent)

The Persian Achaemenid Empire (at its greatest extent)

The Persian Achaemenid Empire (not at its greatest extent)

Macedonian Empire

334-323 BCE: Macedonian Empire - occupying country ► Macedonian Empire

Map of the Empire of Alexander 334-323 BCE

Hellenistic successor states:   Kingdom of Ptolemy   Kingdom of Cassander   Kingdom of Lysimachus   Kingdom of Seleucus   Epirus Other states:   Carthage   Rome   Greek colonies

Map of the diadochs kingdoms (in french)

Hellenistic world in 200 BCE

Greco-Bactrian kingdom (250-125 BCE)

Parthia

250 BCE-225 CE: Parthia (اشکانیان - Ashkâniân) - independent monarchy

The Parthian empire

The Parthian Empire (250 BCE-226 CE)

Map of Parthia 100 BC

Indo-Sassanide Empire

The Persian Sassanian Empire (226-650) in 602 to 629, Strokes: Under Sassanid military control.

Sassanide Empire

Sassanide Empire

Expansion of the Caliphate

Age of the Caliphs

Iran around 1000

The Seljuq Empire 1037-1194

The Khwarezmid Empire around 1220

Map showing changes in borders of the Mongol Empire from founding by Genghis Khan in 1206, Genghis Khan's death in 1227 to the rule of Kublai Khan (1260–1294). (Uses modern day borders)   Mongol Empire By 1294 the empire had split into:   Golden Horde   Chagatai Khanate   Ilkhanate   Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty)

The Timurid Empire 1405

The Persian Safavid Empire (1501-1722/1736)

The Safavid Empire

Iran around 1900

Kurdish Republic of Mahabad and Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan in 1945-1946

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

The Median Empire (728-550 BCE)

The Achaemid Empire (Persia

The Expedition of Alexander the Great 334-323 BCE

Map of the Empire of Alexander

Map of the Empire of Alexander (Norwegian)

Caliphate around 750

The Timurid Empire 1405

Map of Persia around 1700

A 1753 map by Robert De Vaugondy titled ESTATS DU GRAND-SEIGNEUR EN ASIE where the color yellow marks the Greater Persian territores.

An 1808 British map of Persia.

Qajar Iran, 1886

Ethno-linguistic maps

Ethno-religious map of Iran by the CIA (2009)

Map of the persian inhabited areas in Iran and Afghanistan

Map of the Azerbaijani inhabited areas in Iran

Other maps

Major crops

Railways

Biotopes of Iran

Biotopes of Iran

Iran faultlines

International trade

Oil

Nuclear program

Oil and gas infrastructure, 2009

Strait of Hormuz, 2009

Energy prospects in the southern Caspian Sea, 2009

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

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