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Saqqez , also known as Saghez , Saqez , Saqqiz , Saqiz , and Sakz , is a city which is the capital ___MASK60___ Saqqez County , Kurdistan Province , Iran . According to the 2011 census , its population was 139 , 738 . The Strait ___MASK60___ Hormuz " Tangehyyeh Hormoz " , " Maq Hurmuz ") is a strait between the Gulf ___MASK60___ Oman and the Persian Gulf . It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one ___MASK60___ the world ' s ___MASK24___ strategically important choke points . On the north coast lies Iran , and on the south coast the United Arab Emirates and Musandam , an exclave ___MASK60___ Oman . At its narrowest , the strait has a width ___MASK60___ . Iranian Kurdistan or Eastern Kurdistan ( Kurdish : ""   ), is an unofficial name for the parts ___MASK60___ northwestern Iran inhabited by Kurds which borders ___MASK75___ and ___MASK38___ . It includes Kurdistan Province , Kermanshah Province , Hamadan Province most ___MASK60___ Ilam Province , and some parts ___MASK60___ West Azerbaijan and North Khorasan provinces . Western Asia , ___MASK1___ 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 . ___MASK30___ or Kordestan Province or Kurdestan Province ) is one ___MASK60___ the 31 provinces ___MASK60___ Iran , not to be confused with the greater unofficial geographical area ___MASK60___ Iranian Kurdistan . The province ___MASK60___ Kurdistan is 28 , 817 km² in area which encompasses just one - fourth ___MASK60___ the Kurdish inhabited areas ___MASK60___ Iran or Iranian Kurdistan . It is located in the ___MASK1___ ___MASK60___ Iran , in Region 3 , and bound by ___MASK75___ on the ___MASK1___ , the province ___MASK60___ West ___MASK12___ to its north , Zanjan to the northeast , Hamedan to the east and Kermanshah to the south . The capital ___MASK60___ ___MASK30___ is the city ___MASK60___ Sanandaj . Other counties with their major cities are Marivan , Baneh , Saqqez , Qorveh , Piranshahr , Bijar , Kamyaran , Dehgolan , Diwandarreh and Sarvabad . Saqqez County ( Sorani Kurdish : ) is a county in Kordestan Province in ___MASK81___ . The capital ___MASK60___ the county is Saqqez . At the 2006 census , the county ' s population was 205 , 250 , in 45 , 909 families . The county is subdivided into three districts : the ___MASK44___ , Sarshiv District , and Ziviyeh District . The county has two cities : Saqqez and Saheb . Baneh (" Bane "; also Romanized as Bneh ) is a city and capital ___MASK60___ Baneh County , Kurdistan Province , in Iran ' s western border . Baneh is neighbour saqqez , marivan , sardasht and Iraqi Kurdistan . According to the 2011 census , the city has a population ___MASK60___ 90 , 304 after the cities ___MASK60___ Sanandaj , Marivan , Saqqez is the fourth largest city in Kurdistan province and 109th in Iran . Baneh is one ___MASK60___ the sites that still have their unique forests . Baneh is one ___MASK60___ the greatest trading hubs in Iran where there are many shopping ___MASK41___ and trading complex . Many passengers annually travels to the city to purchase materials and to see its untouched nature . ___MASK12___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK12___ , 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 . The Middle ___MASK76___ is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia and ___MASK66___ . 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 ___MASK76___ ( as opposed to Far ___MASK76___ ) beginning in the early 20th century . Islam (' ;) is a religion articulated by the Quran , a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word ___MASK60___ God ('), and , for the vast majority ___MASK60___ adherents , the teachings and normative example ( called the " sunnah ", composed ___MASK60___ accounts called " hadith ") ___MASK60___ 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 % ___MASK60___ the global population , known as Muslims . Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion that upholds that God is one and incomparable and that the purpose ___MASK60___ existence is to worship God . Muslims consider Muhammad to be the last prophet ___MASK60___ God . ___MASK90___ ( tr . " Hayastan "), officially the Republic of ___MASK90___ ( 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 ___MASK38___ 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 . ___MASK95___ ( Pashto / Dari : , " Afnistn "), officially the Islamic Republic ___MASK60___ ___MASK95___ , is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia . It has a population ___MASK60___ approximately 32 million , making it the 42nd ___MASK24___ populous country in the world . It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east ; Iran in the west ; Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , and ___MASK94___ in the north ; and ___MASK45___ in the far northeast . Its territory covers , making it the 41st largest country in the world . ___MASK32___ is a county in Kordestan Province in Iran . The capital of the county is Marivan . The county is subdivided into three districts : the ___MASK44___ , Khav and Mirabad District , and Sarshiv District . The county has two cities : Marivan and Kani Dinar . ___MASK32___ is bordered by Saqqez County to the north , Sanandaj County to the east and southeast , Paveh County to the south , and Iraq to the west and northwest . ___MASK29___ ( or ), officially the Islamic Republic of ___MASK29___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in South Asia on crossroads of Central Asia and Western Asia . It is the sixth - ___MASK24___ 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 . ___MASK29___ has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by ___MASK28___ to the east , Afghanistan to the west , Iran to the ___MASK43___ and ___MASK45___ 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 . Kamyaran ( also Romanized as Kmyrn ) is a city in and capital ___MASK60___ Kamyaran County , Kurdistan Province , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 46 , 760 , in 11 , 186 families . ___MASK92___ ( " Tehrn ") is the capital ___MASK60___ Iran and ___MASK92___ Province . With a population ___MASK60___ around 9 million in the city and 16 million in the wider metropolitan area , ___MASK92___ is the ___MASK24___ populous city ___MASK60___ Iran , the 2nd - ___MASK24___ 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 ___MASK60___ its metropolitan area . Qorveh (" Qurwe "; also Romanized as Qurve and Qurveh ) is a city in and capital ___MASK60___ Qorveh County , Kurdistan Province , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 65 , 842 , in 16 , 309 families . Mariwan ( Persian :    , ( listen ) ; Kurdish :    , Merîwan ; also Romanized as Persian pronunciation Marvn ) also known as Qal `` eh - ye Marvn - `` ___MASK40___ Marivan '' ; formerly , Dezhe Shahpur ( Persian :     ) , also Romanized as Dezhe Shhpr and Dezhe Shapoor ) is a city in and capital ___MASK60___ ___MASK32___ , Kurdistan Province , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 91 , 664 , in 22 , 440 families . Before the foundation ___MASK60___ the city in 1950s , Marîwan was the name ___MASK60___ the region . ___MASK75___ (, or ; '; '), officially known as the Republic of ___MASK75___ ('; ') is a country in Western Asia , bordered by ___MASK38___ to the north , Iran to the east , Kuwait to the southeast , Saudi Arabia to the south , ___MASK31___ to the southwest , and ___MASK64___ 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 ___MASK75___ are Arabic and Kurdish . The Persian ___MASK26___ is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia . The body ___MASK60___ water is an extension ___MASK60___ the ___MASK5___ Ocean ( ___MASK26___ ___MASK60___ Oman ) through the Strait ___MASK60___ 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 . ___MASK81___ (, also , ; ' ), also known as Persia , officially the Islamic Republic ___MASK60___ ___MASK81___ (' ), is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered to the ___MASK53___ by Armenia , the " de facto " Nagorno - Karabakh Republic , and ___MASK12___ ; 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 ___MASK60___ Oman ; and to the west by ___MASK38___ and Iraq . Comprising a land area ___MASK60___ , it is the second - largest country in the Middle East and the 18th - largest in the world . With 82 . 8 million inhabitants , ___MASK81___ 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 ___MASK60___ Hormuz , make it ___MASK60___ great geostrategic importance . Tehran is the country ' s capital and largest city , as well as its leading economic center . Nagorno - ___MASK16___ , officially the Nagorno - ___MASK16___ Republic ( NKR ; " Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut ' yun "), Artsakh Republic or Republic ___MASK60___ Artsakh (" Arts ' akhi Hanrapetut ' yun "), is an unrecognised republic in the South Caucasus . The region is considered by the UN to be part ___MASK60___ ___MASK12___ , but is under the control ___MASK60___ ethnic Armenian separatists . The NKR controls most ___MASK60___ the territory ___MASK60___ the former Nagorno - ___MASK16___ Autonomous Oblast and some ___MASK60___ the surrounding area , giving it a border with Armenia to the west , Iran to the south , and the uncontested territory ___MASK60___ ___MASK12___ to the north and east . Paveh County is a county in ___MASK91___ Province in Iran , part of what is unofficially referred to as Iranian Kurdistan . The capital of the county is Paveh . At the 2006 census , the county ' s population was 51 , 755 , in 13 , 309 families . The county is subdivided into three districts : the ___MASK44___ , Bayangan District , and Nowsud District . The county has three cities : Paveh , Bayangan , and Nowsud . Bjr is a city in and capital ___MASK60___ Bijar County , Kurdistan Province , Iran . At the 2011 census , its population was 47 , 926 , in 14 , 970 families . With an elevation ___MASK60___ 1 , 940 metres , Bijar is called the Roof ___MASK60___ Iran . ___MASK38___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK38___ ( Turkish : ), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia , mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . ___MASK38___ is a democratic , secular , unitary , parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage . ___MASK38___ 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 ___MASK64___ 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 . ___MASK38___ ' s location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history . The ___MASK26___ ___MASK60___ Oman or Sea ___MASK60___ Makran or Sea ___MASK60___ Oman (" aldj Umn "; in Balochi :    in " Khaleej Oman ") is a strait ( and not an actual gulf ) that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait ___MASK60___ Hormuz , which then runs to the Persian ___MASK26___ . It borders ___MASK29___ and Iran on the north , Oman on the south , and the United Arab Emirates on the west . ___MASK37___ (; ' ), officially the Sultanate ___MASK60___ ___MASK37___ , is an Arab country on the southeastern coast ___MASK60___ the Arabian Peninsula . Holding a strategically important position at the mouth ___MASK60___ the Persian Gulf , the nation is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the ___MASK53___ , 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 ___MASK60___ ___MASK37___ on the northeast . The Madha and Musandam exclaves are surrounded by the UAE on their land borders , with the Strait ___MASK60___ Hormuz ( which it shares with Iran ) and Gulf ___MASK60___ ___MASK37___ forming Musandam ' s coastal boundaries . The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body ___MASK60___ 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 ___MASK68___ and Asia . It is bound by ___MASK80___ to the northeast , Russia to the northwest , Azerbaijan to the west , Iran to the south , and Turkmenistan to the southeast . The ___MASK5___ 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 ___MASK28___ . The ___MASK5___ Ocean is known as " Ratnkara ", "" the mine of gems "" in ancient Sanskrit literature , and as " Hind Mahsgar ", "" the great ___MASK5___ sea "", in Hindi . ___MASK56___ ( or ); formerly known as Turkmenia is a country in ___MASK97___ Asia , bordered by ___MASK80___ 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 .