Islamic Republic of Iran (English: Islamic Republic of Iran, Persian:? ), referred to as Iran. Located in West Asia, it belongs to the Middle East countries.
It borders Pakistan and Afghanistan in the east, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia in the northwest and Turkey and Iraq in the west. The north-central part is close to the Caspian Sea, and the south is close to the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Its land area is about 1648 195 square kilometers, ranking 17 in the world.
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Iraq is rich in oil, and the oil industry is one of the main sources of Iraq's economic pillar and foreign exchange income, accounting for more than half of Iraq's total foreign exchange income. In recent years, the Iraqi economy has generally maintained a low growth rate. In 20 17, Iraq's GDP was $427.7 billion and its per capita GDP was $5,250.
Oil, natural gas and coal are abundant. By the end of 20 18, the proven oil reserves155.6 billion barrels, ranking fourth in the world, and the proven natural gas reserves10.9 trillion cubic meters, ranking second in the world. In 20 18, the daily output of Iranian oil was 47 1.5 million barrels, and the annual output of natural gas was 239.5 billion cubic meters.
Other mineral resources are also rich, and the recoverable amount is huge. At present, 3,800 mines have been proved, with mineral reserves of 27 billion tons; Among them, iron ore reserves are 4.7 billion tons; Copper reserves are 3 billion tons (the average grade of ore is 0.8%), accounting for about 5% of the world's total reserves, ranking third in the world; Zinc ore reserves are 230 million tons (average grade is 20%), ranking first in the world; Chromium ore reserves of 20 million tons; Gold reserves are 150 tons.
In addition, there are abundant mineral resources, such as manganese, antimony, lead, boron, barite and marble. At present, 56 kinds of minerals have been mined, with an annual output of1.500 million tons, accounting for 0.55% of the total reserves and 1.2% of the total global mineral products.
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