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| IRAQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| capital: Baghdad population: around 22 million major languages: Arabic, Kurdish major religion: Islam, small Christian minorities life expectancy: 66years(men),69years(women) money: 1 iraqi dinar = 1000 fils main exports: crude oil |
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| area: total 437 072 sq. km land: 432 162 sq. km water: 4910 sq. km land boundaries: Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey coastline: 58km |
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| Iraq info from CIA World Factbook |
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| Iraq: A Country Study (1987) | ||||||||||||||||||
| This source provides a lot of basic background information on Iraq, its economy and political system. It has been updated recently. | ||||||||||||||||||
| A very detailed study of Iraq from the US Library of Congress webpages. However the date is from 1987. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iraq: Foreign Ministry | ||||||||||||||||||
| The official Iraqi perspective | ||||||||||||||||||
| text and pictures sources: BBC website, CIA World Factbook, | ||||||||||||||||||
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