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 | |  | | About Iraq: |
 | Location: Middle East
Status: UN Country
Capital City: Baghdad
Main Cities: Basra, Mosul
Population: 20,562,000
Area: 438,320 km2
Currency: 1 Iraqi dinar = 20 dirhams = 1,000 fils
Languages: Arabic, Kurdish
Religions: Muslim |
| More about Iraq: a republic in SW Asia, on the Persian Gulf: coextensive with ancient Mesopotamia; became a British mandate in 1920, independent in 1932, and a republic in 1958. The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait (1990) led to their defeat in the first Gulf War (1991) by US-led UN forces. The second Gulf War (2003) took place when Iraq was invaded by a coalition of US, UK and other forces. Iraq consists chiefly of the mountains of Kurdistan in the northeast, part of the Syrian Desert, and the lower basin of the Rivers Tigris and Euphrates. Oil is the major export. Official language: Arabic; Kurdish is official in the Kurdish Autonomous Region only. Official religion: Muslim. Currency: dinar. Capital: Baghdad. Pop.: 25 856 000 (2004 est.). Area: 438 446 sq. km (169 284 sq. miles) |
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