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The Kingdom of Iraq (Arabic: المملكة العراقية, al-Mamlakah al-‘Irāqiyyah), simply referred to as Iraq, is a country located in Western Asia. It borders Kurdistan to the north, Syria to the west, Jordan to the southwest, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, and the Persian Gulf to the south. The southern part of Iraq is within the Arabian Peninsula. The capital, Baghdad, is in the center of the country and its largest city. The largest ethnic groups in Iraq are Arabs and Kurds. Other ethnic groups include Assyrians, Turkmen, Shabakis, Armenians, Mandeans, Circassians and Kawliya. Around 95% of the country's 26 million citizens are Shia or Sunni Muslims, with Christianity, Yarsan, Yezidism and Mandeanism also present.

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  • Kingdom of Iraq
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  • The Kingdom of Iraq (Arabic: المملكة العراقية, al-Mamlakah al-‘Irāqiyyah), simply referred to as Iraq, is a country located in Western Asia. It borders Kurdistan to the north, Syria to the west, Jordan to the southwest, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, and the Persian Gulf to the south. The southern part of Iraq is within the Arabian Peninsula. The capital, Baghdad, is in the center of the country and its largest city. The largest ethnic groups in Iraq are Arabs and Kurds. Other ethnic groups include Assyrians, Turkmen, Shabakis, Armenians, Mandeans, Circassians and Kawliya. Around 95% of the country's 26 million citizens are Shia or Sunni Muslims, with Christianity, Yarsan, Yezidism and Mandeanism also present.
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area sq mi
  • 153542(xsd:integer)
time zone DST
  • AST
established event
  • Monarchy restored
  • Republic declared
  • Independence from Britain
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population census
  • 31192483(xsd:integer)
conventional long name
  • Kingdom of Iraq
symbol type
  • Royal Seal of Iraq
East
  • 25(xsd:integer)
West
  • 25(xsd:integer)
Southeast
  • 25(xsd:integer)
leader name
cctld
  • .iq
Legislature
Southwest
  • 25(xsd:integer)
established date
  • 1932(xsd:integer)
  • 1959(xsd:integer)
  • 2004(xsd:integer)
utc offset DST
  • +3
Ethnic Groups
  • • • •
Centre
  • 25(xsd:integer)
GDP nominal per capita rank
  • 88(xsd:integer)
population estimate
  • 30004561(xsd:integer)
population estimate rank
  • 45(xsd:integer)
GDP nominal year
  • 2010(xsd:integer)
currency code
  • ع.د
population census year
  • 2010(xsd:integer)
native name
  • al-Mamlakah al-‘Irāqiyyah
  • المملكة العراقية
Demonym
  • noun: Iraqi adjective: Iraqi
Calling Code
  • +964
GDP nominal
  • 2.293E11
drives on
  • right
Gini
  • 34(xsd:double)
HDI
  • 0(xsd:double)
image coat
  • Coat of arms of Kingdom of Iraq .png
alt flag
  • Flag of Iraq
Northwest
  • 25(xsd:integer)
GDP nominal rank
  • 46(xsd:integer)
Area rank
  • 66(xsd:integer)
Leader title
Largest City
  • Baghdad
percent water
  • 0(xsd:double)
Capital
Time Zone
  • Arabia Time Zone
Motto
  • Allahu Ackbar
  • God is the Greatest
  • لله أكبر
GDP nominal per capita
  • 6862(xsd:integer)
HDI category
  • medium
Anthem
  • Mawtini
  • "My Homeland"
image flag
  • Proposed flag of Iraq .svg
Area km
  • 397674(xsd:integer)
North
  • 25(xsd:integer)
HDI year
  • 2014(xsd:integer)
HDI rank
  • 120(xsd:integer)
Northeast
  • 25(xsd:integer)
population estimate year
  • 2015(xsd:integer)
UTC offset
  • +3
Common name
  • Iraq
abstract
  • The Kingdom of Iraq (Arabic: المملكة العراقية, al-Mamlakah al-‘Irāqiyyah), simply referred to as Iraq, is a country located in Western Asia. It borders Kurdistan to the north, Syria to the west, Jordan to the southwest, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, and the Persian Gulf to the south. The southern part of Iraq is within the Arabian Peninsula. The capital, Baghdad, is in the center of the country and its largest city. The largest ethnic groups in Iraq are Arabs and Kurds. Other ethnic groups include Assyrians, Turkmen, Shabakis, Armenians, Mandeans, Circassians and Kawliya. Around 95% of the country's 26 million citizens are Shia or Sunni Muslims, with Christianity, Yarsan, Yezidism and Mandeanism also present. Iraq has a narrow section of coastline measuring 58 km (36 mi) on the northern Persian Gulf and its territory encompasses the Mesopotamian Alluvial Plain, the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, and the eastern part of the Syrian Desert. Two major rivers, the Tigris and Euphrates, run south through the center of Iraq and flow into the Shatt al-Arab near the Persian Gulf. These rivers provide Iraq with significant amounts of fertile land. The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is often referred to as Mesopotamia is the world's oldest civilization. It is here that mankind first began to read, write, create laws, and live in cities under an organized government. The area has been home to continuous successive civilizations since the 6th millennium BC. At different periods in its history, Iraq was the center of the indigenous Akkadian, Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian empires. It was also part of the Median, Achaemenid, Hellenistic, Parthian, Sassanid, Roman, Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, Mongol, Safavid, Afsharid, and Ottoman empires, and under British control as a League of Nations mandate. Iraq's modern borders were mostly demarcated in 1920 by the League of Nations when the Ottoman Empire was divided by the Treaty of Sèvres. Iraq was placed under the authority of the United Kingdom as the British Mandate of Mesopotamia. A monarchy was established in 1921 and the Kingdom of Iraq gained independence from Britain in 1932. In 1958, the monarchy was overthrown and the Republic of Iraq was created. Iraq was controlled by the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party from 1968 until 2003. After an invasion by the United States and its allies, Saddam Hussein's Ba'ath Party was removed from power and multi-party parliamentary elections were held. Prince Sharif Ali bin al-Hussein and his monarchist faction was voted into power, in favor of restoring the monarchy to stabilize Iraq, in 2004.
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