Iraq
Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, historically known in the west as Mesopotamia, is a country in West Asia. Located within the Middle East, it is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south, Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the southeast, Jordan to the southwest, and Syria to the west. The country covers an area of 438,317 square kilometres (169,235 sq mi) and has a population of over 46 million, making it the 58th largest country by area and the 31st most populous in the world. Baghdad, home to over 8 million people, is the capital city and the largest in the country.
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Where it is
Languages
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What it sells, and to whom
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Natural resources
Farms and fisheries
- wheat
- dates
- maize
- tomatoes
- rye
- grapes
Largest cities
| Baghdad capital | 7,216,000 |
| Al Mawşil al Jadīdah | 2,065,597 |
| Mosul | 1,683,000 |
| Erbil | 1,612,700 |
| Basrah | 1,326,564 |
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Climate and geography
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
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