Iraq Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

Iraq with its capital Baghdad is located in Asia (Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf). It covers some 437,073 square kilometres (slightly more than twice the size of Idaho) with 28,221,000 citizens. Arabic, Kurdish and Armenian are the languages used by people in Iraq (consider regional differences). Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Jordan, Turkey and Kuwait are bordering countries.

Iraq is a country in the Middle East. It lies at the north end of the Persian Gulf and has a small (58 km) coastline in the southeast of the country. It is surrounded by Iran to the east, Kuwait to the south, Saudi Arabia to the southwest, Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, and Turkey to the north. The past 40 years of disastrous government and devastating wars has taken its toll on Iraq's travel industry.

Pictures from Capital (Baghdad)

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About Iraq

The terrain offersmostly broad plains with reedy marshes along Iranian border in south with large flooded areas and mountains along borders with Iran and Turkey. The average density of population is about 64 per km². The climate in Iraq can be described as mostly desert with mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers, northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in central and southern Iraq. Possible natural disasters include dust storms or sandstorms or floods.

To reach someone in Iraq dial +964 prior to a number. There are 1,108,000 installed telephones. And there are 19,722,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".iq". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 18 regions/states in Iraq we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Iraqi population grew at a rate of 2.45% (or by 726,658 citizens). With 145,984 deaths and 872,642 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.45%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Iraq: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.