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Iraq Overview |
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Interesting Facts about Iraq |
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| Learn about the geography, history, people, climate, government, economy, politics, military, and other aspects of Iraq. We have nine pages of interesting Iraq facts & figures: on everything from transportation and communications systems to natural hazards to transitional issues facing .Iraq. When you hear another country being discussed on the news, visit WorldCountries.info and gets the facts. |
| Area |
total: 437,072 sq km land: 432,162 sq km water: 4,910 sq km |
| 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 |
| Population |
27,499,638 (July 2007 est.) |
| Languages |
Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian |
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Feature Articles about Iraq |
Iraq News |
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Official Tourism Site
This site is under development. One can only hope soon the Iraqis will be able to turn their attention to tourism again!
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Awsat Al-Iraq
Bills itself as an "independent Iraqi news agency with contributions from a network of Iraqi correspondents spread throughout the country and from three independent Iraqi newspapers". Although not a very sophisticated web site the local coverage does seem to be thorough, and the articles are well written. As of 02/15/2011 there was no opinion or editorial section.
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Atlas Middle East Tours
For stunning photos and well written travel articles, check out this site!
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CIA World Factbook Description of Iraq |
| Formerly part of the Ottoman Empire, Iraq was occupied by Britain during the course of World War I; in 1920, it was declared a League of Nations mandate under UK administration. In stages over the next dozen years, Iraq attained its independence as a kingdom in 1932. A "republic" was proclaimed in 1958, but in actuality a series of military strongmen ruled the country until 2003, the last was SADDAM Husayn. Territorial disputes with Iran led to an inconclusive and costly eight-year war (1980-88). In August 1990, Iraq seized Kuwait, but was expelled by US-led, UN coalition forces during the Gulf War of January-February 1991. Following Kuwait's liberation, the UN Security Council (UNSC) required Iraq to scrap all weapons of mass destruction and long-range missiles and to allow UN verification inspections. Continued Iraqi noncompliance with UNSC resolutions over a period of 12 years led to the US-led invasion of Iraq in March 2003 and the ouster of the SADDAM Husayn regime. Coalition forces remain in Iraq under a UNSC mandate, helping to provide security and to support the freely elected government. The Coalition Provisional Authority, which temporarily administered Iraq after the invasion, transferred full governmental authority on 28 June 2004 to the Iraqi Interim Government, which governed under the Transitional Administrative Law for Iraq (TAL). Under the TAL, elections for a 275-member Transitional National Assembly (TNA) were held in Iraq on 30 January 2005. Following these elections, the Iraqi Transitional Government (ITG) assumed office. The TNA was charged with drafting Iraq's permanent constitution, which was approved in a 15 October 2005 constitutional referendum. An election under the constitution for a 275-member Council of Representatives (CoR) was held on 15 December 2005. The CoR approval in the selection of most of the cabinet ministers on 20 May 2006 marked the transition from the ITG to Iraq's first constitutional government in nearly a half-century. |
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