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___MASK56___ ( Pashto / Dari : , " Afnistn "), officially the Islamic Republic ___MASK32___ ___MASK56___ , is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia . It has a population ___MASK32___ approximately 32 million , making it the 42nd ___MASK13___ populous country in the world . It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east ; Iran in the west ; Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , and ___MASK95___ in the north ; and ___MASK42___ in the far northeast . Its territory covers , making it the 41st largest country in the world . ___MASK58___ ( Persian :    , also Romanized as Kshn ; also known as Kachan ) is a city in and the capital ___MASK32___ ___MASK58___ County , in the province ___MASK32___ Isfahan , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 248 , 789 , in 67 , 464 families . The etymology ___MASK32___ the city name comes from the Kasian , the original inhabitants ___MASK32___ the city , whose remains are found at Tapeh Sialk dating back 9 , 000 years ; later this was changed to `` Kashian '' , hence the town name . Between the 12th and the 14th centuries ___MASK58___ was an important centre for the production ___MASK32___ high quality pottery and tiles . In modern Persian , the word for a tile ( kashi ) comes from the name ___MASK32___ the town . ___MASK58___ is cited in the neighbourhood ___MASK32___ two ___MASK32___ highest peaks ___MASK32___ Karkas chain , Mount Gargash to the ___MASK43___ ___MASK32___ ___MASK58___ ( the home ___MASK32___ Iran national observatory , the largest astronomical telescope ___MASK32___ Iran ) and Mount Ardehaal in the west ___MASK32___ ___MASK58___ , also known as `` Damavand ___MASK32___ ___MASK58___ '' and the highest peak ___MASK32___ Ardehaal mountains ( end part ___MASK32___ Karkas chain in central Iran ) . ___MASK58___ County is a county in Isfahan Province in Iran . The capital of the county is ___MASK58___ . At the 2006 census , the county ' s population was 297 , 000 , in 81 , 816 families . The county is subdivided into four districts : the ___MASK29___ , Qamsar District , Neyasar District , and Barzok District . The county has six cities : ___MASK58___ , Meshkat , Barzok , Jowshaqan va Kamu , Qamsar , and Neyasar . The Strait ___MASK32___ Hormuz " Tangehyyeh Hormoz " , " Maq Hurmuz ") is a strait between the Gulf ___MASK32___ Oman and the Persian Gulf . It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one ___MASK32___ the world ' s ___MASK13___ strategically important choke points . On the north coast lies Iran , and on the south coast the United Arab Emirates and Musandam , an exclave ___MASK32___ Oman . At its narrowest , the strait has a width ___MASK32___ . Neyasar ( also Romanized as Neysar , Nsar , and Ny Sar ; also known as Nezr ) is a city in and the capital ___MASK32___ Neyasar District , in ___MASK58___ County , Isfahan Province , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 2 , 003 , in 586 families . Nagorno - ___MASK30___ , officially the Nagorno - ___MASK30___ Republic ( NKR ; " Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut ' yun "), Artsakh Republic or Republic ___MASK32___ Artsakh (" Arts ' akhi Hanrapetut ' yun "), is an unrecognised republic in the South Caucasus . The region is considered by the UN to be part ___MASK32___ ___MASK25___ , but is under the control ___MASK32___ ethnic Armenian separatists . The NKR controls most ___MASK32___ the territory ___MASK32___ the former Nagorno - ___MASK30___ Autonomous Oblast and some ___MASK32___ the surrounding area , giving it a border with Armenia to the west , Iran to the south , and the uncontested territory ___MASK32___ ___MASK25___ to the north and east . Barzok ( also Romanized as Barzak ; also known as Barzk ) is a city in and the capital ___MASK32___ ___MASK16___ , in Kashan County , Isfahan Province , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 3 , 211 , in 936 families . ___MASK53___ ( or ); formerly known as Turkmenia is a country in ___MASK33___ Asia , bordered by ___MASK41___ 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 . ___MASK76___ (, or ; '; '), officially known as the Republic of ___MASK76___ ('; ') is a country in Western Asia , bordered by ___MASK9___ to the north , Iran to the east , Kuwait to the southeast , Saudi Arabia to the south , ___MASK64___ to the southwest , and ___MASK71___ 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 ___MASK76___ are Arabic and Kurdish . The ___MASK68___ ___MASK32___ Oman or Sea ___MASK32___ Makran or Sea ___MASK32___ Oman (" aldj Umn "; in Balochi :    in " Khaleej Oman ") is a strait ( and not an actual gulf ) that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait ___MASK32___ Hormuz , which then runs to the Persian ___MASK68___ . It borders ___MASK50___ and Iran on the north , Oman on the south , and the United Arab Emirates on the west . Western Asia , ___MASK28___ Asia , Southwestern Asia or ___MASK43___ 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 . ___MASK85___ (: pronounced ), historically also rendered in English as Ispahan , Sepahan , Esfahan or Hispahan , is the capital ___MASK32___ ___MASK85___ Province in Iran , located about south ___MASK32___ Tehran . At the 2011 census , it had a population ___MASK32___ 1 , 756 , 126 and its built - up (" or metro ") area was home to 2 , 391 , 738 inhabitants including Khomeynishahr , Shahinshahr , Khvorasgan , Dorcheh Piaz , Falavarjan , Kelishad Va Sudarjan , Abrisham , Kushk and Kharizsang cities . The Greater ___MASK85___ Region had a population ___MASK32___ 3 , 793 , 104 in the 2011 Census , the second ___MASK13___ populous metropolitan area in Iran after Tehran . The counties ___MASK32___ ___MASK85___ , Borkhar , Najafabad , Khomeynishahr , Shahinshahr , Mobarakeh , Falavarjan , Tiran o Karvan , Lenjan and Jay all constitute the metropolitan city ___MASK32___ ___MASK85___ . Geography . The ___MASK57___ covers an area ___MASK32___ approximately 107 , 027 square km and is situated in the ___MASK94___ ___MASK32___ Iran . To its north , stand the Markazi ( Central ) Province and the provinces ___MASK32___ ___MASK90___ and Semnan . To its south , it is bordered by the provinces ___MASK32___ Fars , and Kohgiluyeh and Boyer - Ahmad Province . Aminabad is the ___MASK13___ southern city ___MASK32___ ___MASK57___ just 2 km north ___MASK32___ the border . To the east , it is bordered by the province ___MASK32___ Yazd . To the west , it is bordered by the province ___MASK32___ Lurestan and to the ___MASK43___ by the province ___MASK32___ Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiyari . The Middle ___MASK46___ is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia and ___MASK61___ . 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 ___MASK46___ ( as opposed to Far ___MASK46___ ) beginning in the early 20th century . The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body ___MASK32___ 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 ___MASK38___ and Asia . It is bound by ___MASK41___ to the northeast , Russia to the northwest , Azerbaijan to the west , Iran to the south , and Turkmenistan to the southeast . ___MASK15___ (, also , ; ' ), also known as Persia , officially the Islamic Republic ___MASK32___ ___MASK15___ (' ), is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered to the ___MASK100___ by Armenia , the " de facto " Nagorno - Karabakh Republic , and ___MASK25___ ; 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 ___MASK32___ Oman ; and to the west by ___MASK9___ and Iraq . Comprising a land area ___MASK32___ , it is the second - largest country in the Middle East and the 18th - largest in the world . With 82 . 8 million inhabitants , ___MASK15___ 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 ___MASK32___ Hormuz , make it ___MASK32___ great geostrategic importance . Tehran is the country ' s capital and largest city , as well as its leading economic center . ___MASK86___ (; ' ), officially the Sultanate ___MASK32___ ___MASK86___ , is an Arab country on the southeastern coast ___MASK32___ the Arabian Peninsula . Holding a strategically important position at the mouth ___MASK32___ the Persian Gulf , the nation is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the ___MASK100___ , Saudi Arabia to the west , and Yemen to the ___MASK43___ , and shares marine borders with Iran and Pakistan . The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast and the Gulf ___MASK32___ ___MASK86___ on the northeast . The Madha and Musandam exclaves are surrounded by the UAE on their land borders , with the Strait ___MASK32___ Hormuz ( which it shares with Iran ) and Gulf ___MASK32___ ___MASK86___ forming Musandam ' s coastal boundaries . ___MASK50___ ( or ), officially the Islamic Republic of ___MASK50___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in South Asia on crossroads of Central Asia and Western Asia . It is the sixth - ___MASK13___ 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 . ___MASK50___ has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by ___MASK23___ to the east , Afghanistan to the west , Iran to the ___MASK43___ and ___MASK42___ 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 . ___MASK9___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK9___ ( Turkish : ), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia , mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . ___MASK9___ is a democratic , secular , unitary , parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage . ___MASK9___ 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 ___MASK71___ 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 . ___MASK9___ ' s location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history . ___MASK88___ ( " Tehrn ") is the capital ___MASK32___ Iran and ___MASK88___ Province . With a population ___MASK32___ around 9 million in the city and 16 million in the wider metropolitan area , ___MASK88___ is the ___MASK13___ populous city ___MASK32___ Iran , the 2nd - ___MASK13___ 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 ___MASK32___ its metropolitan area . ___MASK25___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK25___ , is a country in the South Caucasus region , situated at the crossroads of ___MASK43___ 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 . Qamsar ( also Qamar , Ghamsar and Kamsr ) is a village in ___MASK33___ ___MASK15___ . It is the administrative ___MASK67___ of the ___MASK97___ , which forms part of Kashan County is 15Km south of kashan in the Province of Isfahan . In the 2006 census the population was 3 , 566 , in 1 , 048 families . The Persian ___MASK68___ is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia . The body ___MASK32___ water is an extension ___MASK32___ the ___MASK73___ Ocean ( ___MASK68___ ___MASK32___ Oman ) through the Strait ___MASK32___ Hormuz and lies between Iran to the northeast and the Arabian Peninsula to the ___MASK43___ . The Shatt al - Arab river delta forms the northwest shoreline . The ___MASK73___ 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 ___MASK23___ . The ___MASK73___ Ocean is known as " Ratnkara ", "" the mine of gems "" in ancient Sanskrit literature , and as " Hind Mahsgar ", "" the great ___MASK73___ sea "", in Hindi . Meshkat ( pronounced / me ' ka : t / with stress on second syllable ; also known as Moshkn , Mashgn , and Mashkn ) is a city in the ___MASK29___ of Kashan County , Isfahan Province , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 4 , 960 , in 1 , 299 families . ___MASK4___ ( tr . " Hayastan "), officially the Republic of ___MASK4___ ( 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 ___MASK9___ 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 . Islam (' ;) is a religion articulated by the Quran , a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word ___MASK32___ God ('), and , for the vast majority ___MASK32___ adherents , the teachings and normative example ( called the " sunnah ", composed ___MASK32___ accounts called " hadith ") ___MASK32___ 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 % ___MASK32___ the global population , known as Muslims . Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion that upholds that God is one and incomparable and that the purpose ___MASK32___ existence is to worship God . Muslims consider Muhammad to be the last prophet ___MASK32___ God .