Iraq

= Iraq =



Iraq Factbook

 * Region: Northern Tier Country : Iraq **
 * Geography **
 * Area (in sq km and sq miles): 438,317 sq km, 272,357 sq mi **
 * Area (Comparative): slightly more than twice the size of Idaho **
 * Climate: mostly desert; 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 **
 * Elevation (lowest point - in meters and feet): Persian Gulf 0 m 0 ft **
 * Elevation (highest point - in meters and feet): unnamed peak; 3,611 m, 11847.112 Ft **


 * People **
 * Population: 31,129,225 (July 2012 est.) **
 * Languages (top 3 - %): Arabic (official), Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Turkoman (a Turkish dialect) **
 * Religions (top 3 - %): Muslim (official) 97% (Shia 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3% **
 * Infant Mortality Rate: 40.25 deaths/1,000 live births **
 * Life Expectancy: 70.85 years **


 * Government **
 * Government Type: parliamentary democracy **
 * Capital: Baghdad **


 * Economy **
 * GDP (purchasing power parity): $127.2 billion (2011 est.) **
 * Population below poverty line: 25% (2008 est.) **

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Resources
[|Cia factbook]
 * [|Iraq's flag] **
 * [|kid from Iraq] **
 * [|Shanidar cave in Iraq] **