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Persepolis, Iran
Iran flag
3,490
Records
12
Datasets
38
Tables
12
Sources
191
SEL Fields
52
CCL Fields
📖 HERA Atlas 📕 HG Book 📊 HG Data
📋 Most recent national census: 2016. Included in HERA.
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Datasets (12)
SEL — DGIWG Statistical Extent Location SEL+ — Platform extension (not in DGIWG core spec) CCL — DGIWG Cultural Context Location Extension — Preserved in extension tables (not in core SEL/CCL schema) Pending — Awaiting mapping

3 further sources (GI-TOC / ENACT, Global Data Lab, World Values Survey) are held but not offered: their licences do not permit commercial redistribution. HERA cites their published findings with attribution and can supply the data to organisations holding their own licence — ask us.

IRN NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) IRN-NGA_GNS Language
559 rows · 3 tables · 2026 NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) 0 1 2 3 5 SEL 12 CCL 33 ext ▶
IRN HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) IRN-COD_PS Census Derived Population
461 rows · 3 tables · 2016 HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) 0 1 2 3 23 SEL 131 ext ▶
IRN WorldPop Global High Resolution Population Denominators — Age & Sex (constrained 2020) IRN-WORLDPOP_AGESEX Modeled Population
IRN LandScan Global (ORNL) IRN-LANDSCAN Modeled Population
202 rows · 3 tables · 2024 LandScan Global (ORNL) 0 1 2 3 Locality 21 SEL 2 ext ▶
IRN World Bank Open Data IRN-WORLD_BANK Development Indicators
198 rows · 3 tables · 2024 World Bank Open Data 0 1 2 3 19 SEL 4 ext ▶
IRN GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) IRN-GHSL_UCDB Modeled Population
169 rows · 1 table · 2025 GHS Urban Centre Database (EU JRC) 0 1 2 3 Locality 3 SEL 7 ext ▶
IRN GHS Urban Centre Database — Profile (EU JRC) IRN-GHSL_UCDB_PROFILE Modeled Population
169 rows · 1 table · 2025 GHS Urban Centre Database — Profile (EU JRC) 0 1 2 3 Locality 6 SEL ▶
IRN UNHCR Refugee Data Finder IRN-UNHCR Migration
97 rows · 2 tables · 2025 UNHCR Refugee Data Finder 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 36 ext ▶
IRN Glottolog Language Catalog IRN-GLOTTOLOG Language
96 rows · 1 table · 2024 Glottolog Language Catalog 0 1 2 3 12 CCL 4 ext ▶
IRN OpenFactBook IRN-OPENFACTBOOK Country Profile
16 rows · 16 tables · 2024 OpenFactBook 0 1 2 3 96 SEL 1 CCL 599 ext ▶
IRN D-PLACE IRN-DPLACE Ethnographic Societies
6 rows · 2 tables · 2024 D-PLACE 0 1 2 3 2 SEL 15 CCL 55 ext ▶
IRN INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) IRN-INFORM Risk Index
1 row · 1 table · 2026 INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) 0 1 2 3 ▶
Toponymic Footprint 703,704 place names from NGA GNS

Which languages name the landscape here, and in which writing systems. A language's toponymic footprint and its speaker population are different measures and often diverge. Counts include variant and foreign-language renderings of the same place, so a language can rank high because outside sources record names in it rather than because it is spoken locally — and a widely spoken language can be almost absent where official naming is in another language.

LanguagePlace names Share*Script
Persian (fas) 661,270 99.8% Arabic +2
English (eng) 424 0.1% —
+ 9 further languages (711 names, each under 0.05%)

250,253 distinct features · 11 languages · 4 scripts · 311,111 names in non-Roman script · 22 conventional English names
Source: NGA GEOnet Names Server (public domain) · rebuilt Sat, 26 Sep 2026.
* Shares are of the 662,405 names that carry a language code; the remaining 41,299 of 703,704 are unattributed, so these percentages do not divide into the headline count. Names follow the US/BGN convention.

Data Sources (12)

The data providers this country's datasets are sourced from — each links out to the provider.

SourceTypeAccess
HDX COD — Population Statistics (OCHA/UNFPA) international_organization bulk_download
World Bank Open Data international_organization api
D-PLACE (Database of Places, Language, Culture & Environment) academic bulk_download
UNHCR Refugee Data Finder (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) international_organization api
NGA GEOnet Names Server (GNS) official_government bulk_download
INFORM Risk Index (EC-JRC) international_organization api
Glottolog Language Catalog academic bulk_download
GHS Urban Centre Database — Profile (EU JRC) international_organization bulk_download
WorldPop Global High Resolution Population Denominators — Age & Sex (constrained 2020) research_institution bulk_download
GHS Urban Centre Database (Global Human Settlement · EU Joint Research Centre) international_organization bulk_download
LandScan Global (ORNL — Oak Ridge National Laboratory) research_institution earth_engine
OpenFactBook community_compilation bulk_download

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