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___MASK53___ ( Pashto / Dari : , " Afnistn "), officially the Islamic Republic ___MASK15___ ___MASK53___ , is a landlocked country located within South Asia and Central Asia . It has a population ___MASK15___ approximately 32 million , making it the 42nd ___MASK82___ populous country in the world . It is bordered by Pakistan in the south and east ; Iran in the west ; Turkmenistan , Uzbekistan , and ___MASK97___ in the north ; and ___MASK39___ in the far northeast . Its territory covers , making it the 41st largest country in the world . ___MASK29___ ( " Tehrn ") is the capital ___MASK15___ Iran and ___MASK29___ Province . With a population ___MASK15___ around 9 million in the city and 16 million in the wider metropolitan area , ___MASK29___ is the ___MASK82___ populous city ___MASK15___ Iran , the 2nd - ___MASK82___ 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 ___MASK15___ its metropolitan area . ___MASK31___ ( or ), officially the Islamic Republic of ___MASK31___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in South Asia on crossroads of Central Asia and Western Asia . It is the sixth - ___MASK82___ 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 . ___MASK31___ has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by ___MASK4___ to the east , Afghanistan to the west , Iran to the ___MASK85___ and ___MASK39___ 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 . The Middle ___MASK64___ is a transcontinental region centered on Western Asia and ___MASK92___ . 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 ___MASK64___ ( as opposed to Far ___MASK64___ ) beginning in the early 20th century . Nagorno - ___MASK13___ , officially the Nagorno - ___MASK13___ Republic ( NKR ; " Lernayin Gharabaghi Hanrapetut ' yun "), Artsakh Republic or Republic ___MASK15___ Artsakh (" Arts ' akhi Hanrapetut ' yun "), is an unrecognised republic in the South Caucasus . The region is considered by the UN to be part ___MASK15___ ___MASK17___ , but is under the control ___MASK15___ ethnic Armenian separatists . The NKR controls most ___MASK15___ the territory ___MASK15___ the former Nagorno - ___MASK13___ Autonomous Oblast and some ___MASK15___ the surrounding area , giving it a border with Armenia to the west , Iran to the south , and the uncontested territory ___MASK15___ ___MASK17___ to the north and east . ___MASK72___ or Kordestan Province or Kurdestan Province ) is one of the 31 provinces of Iran , not to be confused with the greater unofficial geographical area of Iranian Kurdistan . The province of Kurdistan is 28 , 817 km² in area which encompasses just one - fourth of the Kurdish inhabited areas of Iran or Iranian Kurdistan . It is located in the west of Iran , in Region 3 , and bound by Iraq on the west , the province of West Azerbaijan to its north , Zanjan to the northeast , Hamedan to the east and Kermanshah to the south . The capital of ___MASK72___ is the city of Sanandaj . Other counties with their major cities are Marivan , Baneh , Saqqez , Qorveh , Piranshahr , Bijar , Kamyaran , Dehgolan , Diwandarreh and Sarvabad . Islam (' ;) is a religion articulated by the Quran , a text considered by its adherents to be the verbatim word ___MASK15___ God ('), and , for the vast majority ___MASK15___ adherents , the teachings and normative example ( called the " sunnah ", composed ___MASK15___ accounts called " hadith ") ___MASK15___ 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 % ___MASK15___ the global population , known as Muslims . Islam is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion that upholds that God is one and incomparable and that the purpose ___MASK15___ existence is to worship God . Muslims consider Muhammad to be the last prophet ___MASK15___ God . ___MASK36___ ( tr . " Hayastan "), officially the Republic of ___MASK36___ ( 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 ___MASK27___ 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 . The Persian ___MASK75___ is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia . The body ___MASK15___ water is an extension ___MASK15___ the ___MASK3___ Ocean ( ___MASK75___ ___MASK15___ Oman ) through the Strait ___MASK15___ Hormuz and lies between Iran to the northeast and the Arabian Peninsula to the ___MASK85___ . The Shatt al - Arab river delta forms the northwest shoreline . Divandarreh ( Kurdish : Dîwandere     , also Romanized as Dvndarreh , Dvn Darreh , Dvan Darra , and Dwn Darreh ) is a city in and capital ___MASK15___ ___MASK60___ , ___MASK72___ , Iran . At the 2006 census , its population was 22 , 842 , in 5 , 305 families . The ___MASK3___ 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 ___MASK4___ . The ___MASK3___ Ocean is known as " Ratnkara ", "" the mine of gems "" in ancient Sanskrit literature , and as " Hind Mahsgar ", "" the great ___MASK3___ sea "", in Hindi . ___MASK63___ ( or ); formerly known as Turkmenia is a country in ___MASK49___ Asia , bordered by ___MASK10___ 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 . ___MASK96___ (, or ; '; '), officially known as the Republic of ___MASK96___ ('; ') is a country in Western Asia , bordered by ___MASK27___ to the north , Iran to the east , Kuwait to the southeast , Saudi Arabia to the south , ___MASK22___ to the southwest , and ___MASK54___ 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 ___MASK96___ are Arabic and Kurdish . Western Asia , ___MASK59___ Asia , Southwestern Asia or ___MASK85___ 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 . ___MASK16___ (, also , ; ' ), also known as Persia , officially the Islamic Republic ___MASK15___ ___MASK16___ (' ), is a sovereign state in Western Asia . It is bordered to the ___MASK37___ by Armenia , the " de facto " Nagorno - Karabakh Republic , and ___MASK17___ ; 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 ___MASK15___ Oman ; and to the west by ___MASK27___ and Iraq . Comprising a land area ___MASK15___ , it is the second - largest country in the Middle East and the 18th - largest in the world . With 82 . 8 million inhabitants , ___MASK16___ 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 ___MASK15___ Hormuz , make it ___MASK15___ great geostrategic importance . Tehran is the country ' s capital and largest city , as well as its leading economic center . ___MASK27___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK27___ ( Turkish : ), is a transcontinental country in Eurasia , mainly in Anatolia in Western Asia , with a smaller portion on the Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe . ___MASK27___ is a democratic , secular , unitary , parliamentary republic with a diverse cultural heritage . ___MASK27___ 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 ___MASK54___ 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 . ___MASK27___ ' s location has given it geopolitical and strategic importance throughout history . ___MASK60___ ( Persian :    ) is a county in Kordestan Province in Iran . The capital of the county is Divandarreh . At the 2006 census , the county ' s population was 82 , 628 , in 17 , 335 families . The county is subdivided into three districts : the Central District , ___MASK6___ , and ___MASK84___ . The county has two cities : Divandarreh and Zarrineh . The Strait ___MASK15___ Hormuz " Tangehyyeh Hormoz " , " Maq Hurmuz ") is a strait between the Gulf ___MASK15___ Oman and the Persian Gulf . It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and is one ___MASK15___ the world ' s ___MASK82___ strategically important choke points . On the north coast lies Iran , and on the south coast the United Arab Emirates and Musandam , an exclave ___MASK15___ Oman . At its narrowest , the strait has a width ___MASK15___ . ___MASK69___ (; ' ), officially the Sultanate ___MASK15___ ___MASK69___ , is an Arab country on the southeastern coast ___MASK15___ the Arabian Peninsula . Holding a strategically important position at the mouth ___MASK15___ the Persian Gulf , the nation is bordered by the United Arab Emirates to the ___MASK37___ , Saudi Arabia to the west , and Yemen to the ___MASK85___ , and shares marine borders with Iran and Pakistan . The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast and the Gulf ___MASK15___ ___MASK69___ on the northeast . The Madha and Musandam exclaves are surrounded by the UAE on their land borders , with the Strait ___MASK15___ Hormuz ( which it shares with Iran ) and Gulf ___MASK15___ ___MASK69___ forming Musandam ' s coastal boundaries . The Caspian Sea is the largest enclosed inland body ___MASK15___ 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 ___MASK67___ and Asia . It is bound by ___MASK10___ to the northeast , Russia to the northwest , Azerbaijan to the west , Iran to the south , and Turkmenistan to the southeast . The ___MASK75___ ___MASK15___ Oman or Sea ___MASK15___ Makran or Sea ___MASK15___ Oman (" aldj Umn "; in Balochi :    in " Khaleej Oman ") is a strait ( and not an actual gulf ) that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait ___MASK15___ Hormuz , which then runs to the Persian ___MASK75___ . It borders ___MASK31___ and Iran on the north , Oman on the south , and the United Arab Emirates on the west . ___MASK17___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK17___ , is a country in the South Caucasus region , situated at the crossroads of ___MASK85___ 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 .