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Western Asia , ___MASK15___ Asia , Southwestern Asia or ___MASK97___ Asia is the westernmost subregion of Asia . The concept is in limited use , as it significantly overlaps with the Middle East ( or Near East ), the main difference being the exclusion of Egypt ( which would be counted as part of North Africa ). The term is sometimes used for the purposes of grouping countries in statistics . The ___MASK12___ Ocean is the third largest of the world ' s oceanic divisions , covering ( approximately 20 % of the water on the Earth ' s surface ). It is bounded by Asia on the north , on the west by Africa , on the east by Australia , and on the south by the Southern Ocean or , depending on definition , by Antarctica . It is named after the country of ___MASK70___ . The ___MASK12___ Ocean is known as " Ratnkara ", "" the mine of gems "" in ancient Sanskrit literature , and as " Hind Mahsgar ", "" the great ___MASK12___ sea "", in Hindi . ___MASK30___ ( Pashto / Dari : , " Afnistn "), officially the Islamic Republic ___MASK76___ ___MASK30___ , is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia . It has a population ___MASK76___ approximately 32 million , making it the 42nd ___MASK14___ populous country in the world . It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east ; Iran in the west ; Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , and ___MASK93___ in the north ; and ___MASK98___ in the far northeast . Its territory covers , making it the 41st largest country in the world . Kohgiluyeh and Boyer - Ahmad Province (" Ostn - e Kohgrye - o Byer - Ahmad " ) is one ___MASK76___ the thirty - one provinces ___MASK76___ Iran . It is in the south - ___MASK15___ ___MASK76___ the country , in Iran ' s Region 2 , and its capital is Yasuj . The province covers an area ___MASK76___ 15 , 563 square kilometers , and in 2006 had a population ___MASK76___ 634 , 000 . According to National Population and Housing Census population ___MASK76___ Kohgiluyeh and Boyer - Ahmad in 2011 was 658 , 629 . The people mainly speak Lurish language . ___MASK7___ va Bidgol ( Persian :     , also Romanized as rn va Bdgol and rn va Bd ___MASK34___ , meaning `` ___MASK7___ and Bidgol '' ; also known as rn o Bdgol ) is a city in and the capital of ___MASK7___ va Bidgol County , Isfahan Province , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 55 , 651 , in 15 , 556 families . It is one of the ancient desert cities of the province , close to Kashan . As suggested by its name , the city is an amalgam of two formerly separate settlements : ___MASK7___ ( Persian :  , also Romanized as rn and Arn ) and Bidgol . Nushabad ( also Romanized as Nshbd ; also known as Noshbd ) is a city in the ___MASK39___ of Aran va Bidgol County , Isfahan Province , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 10 , 476 , in 2 , 859 families . ___MASK86___ ( " Tehrn ") is the capital ___MASK76___ Iran and ___MASK86___ Province . With a population ___MASK76___ around 9 million in the city and 16 million in the wider metropolitan area , ___MASK86___ is the ___MASK14___ populous city ___MASK76___ Iran , the 2nd - ___MASK14___ populous city in Western Asia and the 3rd - largest metropolitan area in the Middle East . It is ranked 29th in the world by the population ___MASK76___ its metropolitan area . ___MASK25___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK25___ ( Turkish : ), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia , mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . ___MASK25___ is a democratic , secular , unitary , parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage . ___MASK25___ is bordered by eight countries : Greece to the west ; Bulgaria to the northwest ; Georgia to the northeast ; Armenia , the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan and Iran to the east ; and Iraq and ___MASK6___ to the south . The Aegean Sea is to the west , the Black Sea to the north , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . The Bosphorus , the Sea of Marmara , and the Dardanelles , which together form the Turkish Straits , divide Thrace and Anatolia ; they also separate Europe and Asia . ___MASK25___ ' s location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history . ___MASK7___ va Bidgol County ( also known as ___MASK7___ o Bidgol County ) is a county in Isfahan Province in Iran . The capital of the county is ___MASK7___ o Bidgol . At the 2006 census , the county ' s population was 89 , 961 , in 24 , 541 families . The county is subdivided into two districts : the ___MASK39___ and Kavirat District . The county has four cities : ___MASK7___ va Bidgol , Abuzeydabad , Nushabad , and Sefidshahr . ___MASK24___ ( tr . " Hayastan "), officially the Republic of ___MASK24___ ( tr . " Hayastani Hanrapetut  yun "), is a sovereign state in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia . Located in Western Asia on the " Armenian Highlands ", it is bordered by ___MASK25___ to the west , Russia and Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east , and Iran and Azerbaijan ' s exclave of Nakhchivan to the south . Nagorno - ___MASK10___ , officially the Nagorno - ___MASK10___ Republic ( NKR ; " Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut ' yun "), Artsakh Republic or Republic ___MASK76___ Artsakh (" Arts ' akhi Hanrapetut ' yun "), is an unrecognised republic in the South Caucasus . The region is considered by the UN to be part ___MASK76___ ___MASK3___ , but is under the control ___MASK76___ ethnic Armenian separatists . The NKR controls most ___MASK76___ the territory ___MASK76___ the former Nagorno - ___MASK10___ Autonomous Oblast and some ___MASK76___ the surrounding area , giving it a border with Armenia to the west , Iran to the south , and the uncontested territory ___MASK76___ ___MASK3___ to the north and east . Sefidshahr ( formerly , Nasrabad ( Persian :   ), also Romanized as Narbd , and also known as Narbd - e Kharbzeh ) is a city in the ___MASK39___ of Aran va Bidgol County , Isfahan Province , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 5 , 151 , in 1 , 249 families . Islam (' ;) is a religion articulated by the Quran , a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word ___MASK76___ God ('), and , for the vast majority ___MASK76___ adherents , the teachings and normative example ( called the " sunnah ", composed ___MASK76___ accounts called " hadith ") ___MASK76___ Muhammad ( 570  8 June 632 CE ). It is the world ' s second - largest religion and the fastest - growing major religion in the world , with over 1 . 7 billion followers or 23 % ___MASK76___ the global population , known as Muslims . Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion that upholds that God is one and incomparable and that the purpose ___MASK76___ existence is to worship God . Muslims consider Muhammad to be the last prophet ___MASK76___ God . The Strait ___MASK76___ Hormuz " Tangehyyeh Hormoz " , " Maq Hurmuz ") is a strait between the Gulf ___MASK76___ Oman and the Persian Gulf . It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one ___MASK76___ the world ' s ___MASK14___ strategically important choke points . On the north coast lies Iran , and on the south coast the United Arab Emirates and Musandam , an exclave ___MASK76___ Oman . At its narrowest , the strait has a width ___MASK76___ . ___MASK65___ (, or ; '; '), officially known as the Republic of ___MASK65___ ('; ') is a country in Western Asia , bordered by ___MASK25___ to the north , Iran to the east , Kuwait to the southeast , Saudi Arabia to the south , ___MASK8___ to the southwest , and ___MASK6___ to the west . The capital , and largest city , is Baghdad . The main ethnic groups are Arabs and Kurds ; others include Assyrians , Turkmen , Shabakis , Yazidis , Armenians , Mandeans , Circassians , and Kawliya . Around 95 % of the country ' s 36 million citizens are Muslims , with Christianity , Yarsan , Yezidism , and Mandeanism also present . The official languages of ___MASK65___ are Arabic and Kurdish . Geography . The ___MASK42___ covers an area ___MASK76___ approximately 107 , 027 square km and is situated in the ___MASK92___ ___MASK76___ Iran . To its north , stand the Markazi ( Central ) Province and the provinces ___MASK76___ ___MASK45___ and Semnan . To its south , it is bordered by the provinces ___MASK76___ Fars , and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer - Ahmad Province . Aminabad is the ___MASK14___ southern city ___MASK76___ ___MASK42___ just 2 km north ___MASK76___ the border . To the east , it is bordered by the province ___MASK76___ Yazd . To the west , it is bordered by the province ___MASK76___ Lurestan and to the ___MASK97___ by the province ___MASK76___ Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiyari . The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body ___MASK76___ water on Earth by area , variously classed as the world ' s largest lake or a full - fledged sea . It is in an endorheic basin ( it has no outflows ) located between ___MASK2___ and Asia . It is bound by ___MASK63___ to the northeast , Russia to the northwest , Azerbaijan to the west , Iran to the south , and Turkmenistan to the southeast . ___MASK50___ (, also , ; ' ), also known as Persia , officially the Islamic Republic ___MASK76___ ___MASK50___ (' ), is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered to the ___MASK28___ by Armenia , the " de facto " Nagorno - Karabakh Republic , and ___MASK3___ ; to the north by the Caspian Sea ; to the northeast by Turkmenistan ; to the east by Afghanistan and Pakistan ; to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf ___MASK76___ Oman ; and to the west by ___MASK25___ and Iraq . Comprising a land area ___MASK76___ , it is the second - largest country in the Middle East and the 18th - largest in the world . With 82 . 8 million inhabitants , ___MASK50___ is the world ' s 17th - most - populous country . It is the only country with both a Caspian Sea and an Indian Ocean coastline . The country ' s central location in Eurasia and Western Asia , and its proximity to the Strait ___MASK76___ Hormuz , make it ___MASK76___ great geostrategic importance . Tehran is the country ' s capital and largest city , as well as its leading economic center . The Persian ___MASK55___ is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia . The body ___MASK76___ water is an extension ___MASK76___ the ___MASK12___ Ocean ( ___MASK55___ ___MASK76___ Oman ) through the Strait ___MASK76___ Hormuz and lies between Iran to the northeast and the Arabian Peninsula to the ___MASK97___ . The Shatt al - Arab river delta forms the northwest shoreline . ___MASK3___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK3___ , is a country in the South Caucasus region , situated at the crossroads of ___MASK97___ Asia and Southeastern Europe . It is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east , Russia to the north , Georgia to the northwest , Armenia to the west and Iran to the south . The exclave of Nakhchivan is bounded by Armenia to the north and east , Iran to the south and west , while having an 8 km border with Turkey in the north west . Abuzeydabad ( also Romanized as Abzeydbd , Ab Zeydbd , Abu Zaidbd , and Ab Zobeydbd ) is a city in and the capital ___MASK76___ Kavirat District , in ___MASK7___ va Bidgol County , Isfahan Province , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 5 , 160 , in 1 , 318 families . People in Abuzeydabad speak a language called Abuzaydabadi language . ___MASK90___ ( or ); formerly known as Turkmenia is a country in ___MASK69___ Asia , bordered by ___MASK63___ to the northwest , Uzbekistan to the north and east , Afghanistan to the southeast , Iran to the south and southwest , and the Caspian Sea to the west . The ___MASK55___ ___MASK76___ Oman or Sea ___MASK76___ Makran or Sea ___MASK76___ Oman (" aldj Umn "; in Balochi :    in " Khaleej Oman ") is a strait ( and not an actual gulf ) that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait ___MASK76___ Hormuz , which then runs to the Persian ___MASK55___ . It borders ___MASK75___ and Iran on the north , Oman on the south , and the United Arab Emirates on the west . ___MASK75___ ( or ), officially the Islamic Republic of ___MASK75___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in South Asia on crossroads of Central Asia and Western Asia . It is the sixth - ___MASK14___ populous country with a population exceeding 200 million people . It is the 36th largest country in the world in terms of area with an area covering . ___MASK75___ has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by ___MASK70___ to the east , Afghanistan to the west , Iran to the ___MASK97___ and ___MASK98___ in the far northeast respectively . It is separated from Tajikistan by Afghanistan ' s narrow Wakhan Corridor in the north , and also shares a maritime border with Oman . ___MASK48___ (; ' ), officially the Sultanate ___MASK76___ ___MASK48___ , is an Arab country on the southeastern coast ___MASK76___ the Arabian Peninsula . Holding a strategically important position at the mouth ___MASK76___ the Persian Gulf , the nation is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the ___MASK28___ , Saudi Arabia to the west , and Yemen to the ___MASK97___ , and shares marine borders with Iran and Pakistan . The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast and the Gulf ___MASK76___ ___MASK48___ on the northeast . The Madha and Musandam exclaves are surrounded by the UAE on their land borders , with the Strait ___MASK76___ Hormuz ( which it shares with Iran ) and Gulf ___MASK76___ ___MASK48___ forming Musandam ' s coastal boundaries . ___MASK26___ County is a county in Isfahan Province in Iran . The capital of the county is ___MASK26___ . At the 2006 census , the county ' s population was 297 , 000 , in 81 , 816 families . The county is subdivided into four districts : the ___MASK39___ , Qamsar District , Neyasar District , and Barzok District . The county has six cities : ___MASK26___ , Meshkat , Barzok , Jowshaqan va Kamu , Qamsar , and Neyasar . ___MASK26___ ( also Romanized as Kshn ; also known as Kachan ) is a city in and the capital of ___MASK26___ County , in the province of Isfahan , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 248 , 789 , in 67 , 464 families . The Middle ___MASK71___ is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia and ___MASK38___ . The corresponding adjective is " Middle - Eastern " and the derived noun is " Middle - Easterner ". The term has come into wider usage as a replacement of the term Near ___MASK71___ ( as opposed to Far ___MASK71___ ) beginning in the early 20th century .