Iraq

**Iraq**, officially de **Republic of Iraq**, be a country insyd West Asia. E be bordered by Saudi Arabia to de south, Turkey to de north, Iran to de east, de Persian Gulf den Kuwait to de southeast, Jordan to de southwest, den Syria to de west. De country dey cover an area of  wey e get a population of over 46 million, wey dey make am de 58th largest country by area den de 31st most populous insyd de world. Baghdad, home to over 8 million people, be de capital city den de largest insyd de country.

A federal parliamentary republic, dem dey consider Iraq an emerging middle power. E be home to a diverse population, geography den wildlife. Chaw Iraqis be Muslim, while significant minorities dey include Christians, Mandaeans, Yazidis, Yarsanis den Jews. Iraqis be ethnically diverse; mostly Arabs, as well as Kurds, Turkmen, Yazidis, Assyrians, Armenians, Domcs, den Shabakis. Arabic den Kurdish be de official languages of Iraq, while dem dey speak Suret, Turkish den Mandaic regionally. Iraq, home to one of de largest oil reserves insyd de world, get a significant oil den gas industry. E sanso be popular for ein agriculture den tourism. At present, Iraq dey rebuild plus foreign support.

## Administrative divisions
Iraq be composed of nineteen governorates (anaa provinces) (Arabic: *muhafadhat*, singular ). De governorates be subdivided into districts (anaa ), wich further be divided into sub-districts (anaa ).

* Dohuk
* Nineveh
* Erbil
* Kirkuk
* Sulaymaniyah
* Saladin
* Al Anbar
* Baghdad
* Diyala
* Karbala
* Babylon
* Wasit
* Najaf
* Al-Qadisiyyah
* Maysan
* Muthanna
* Dhi Qar
* Basra
* Halabja

## Demographics

### Cities and towns
Main article: List of cities in Iraq

## References



## Bibliography

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* Shadid, Anthony 2005. *Night Draws Near*. Henry Holt and Co., NY, US. .
* Hanna Batatu, "The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movements of Iraq", Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1978.
* Charles Glass, "The Northern Front: A Wartime Diary"' Saqi Books, London, 2004. 
* A Dweller in Mesopotamia, being the adventures of an official artist in the garden of Eden, by Donald Maxwell, 1921 *(a searchable facsimile at the University of Georgia Libraries; DjVu & [https://web.archive.org/web/20050906055955/http://fax.libs.uga.edu/DS49x2xM465D/1f/dweller_in_mesopotamia.pdf layered PDF] format)*.
* By Desert Ways to Baghdad, by Louisa Jebb (Mrs. Roland Wilkins) With illustrations and a map, 1908 (1909 ed.) *(a searchable facsimile at the University of Georgia Libraries; DjVu & [https://web.archive.org/web/20050906060015/http://fax.libs.uga.edu/DS49x2xW684B/1f/desert_ways_to_baghdad.pdf layered PDF] format)*.
* Benjamin Busch, "'Today is Better than Tomorrow'. A Marine returns to a divided Iraq", *Harper's Magazine*, October 2014, pp.&nbsp;29–44.
* Global Arms Exports to Iraq 1960–1990, Rand Research report
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## External links

* Key Development Forecasts for Iraq from International Futures

### Government
* Ur Portal – gateway to government sites
* Presidency – official website of the president of Iraq
* Prime Minister – official website of the prime minister of Iraq
* Statistics – Official website of Central Statistical Organization

### History
* "History" – Iraqi History at Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Washington

### Maps
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