Iraq
Iraq is a republic in the Middle East. Once the site of ancient Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilisation, the country has been in a state of flux since the 1980s.
Photo: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0.
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Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. Photo: Marduksumer, Public domain.Iraqi Kurdistan
Kurdistan Region is an autonomous region in Iraq comprising the four Kurdish-majority governorates of Duhok, Erbil, Halabja, and Sulaymaniyah and bordering Iran, Syria, and Turkey. Photo: Lamacchiacosta, CC BY-SA 4.0.Northwestern Iraq
Northwestern Iraq is a region largely between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the northwestern part of Iraq. Photo: Dreamer Ali, CC BY 2.0.Babylon
Babylon is a world heritage-listed ruin in Iraq, and used to be one of the most prominent cities of Ancient Mesopotamia. Photo: Edwin Long, Public domain.- Type: Country
- Description: sovereign state in western Asia
- Categories: sovereign state and locality
- Location: Middle East, Asia
- Languages: Arabic, Kurdish and Armenian
- Neighbors: Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey
Destinations
Southern Iraq
Southern Iraq stretches south of the Baghdad Belts of Iraq to Kuwait. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Baghdad Belts
The Baghdad Belts are at the cultural and political center of Iraq, radiating outward from the center at Baghdad. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Iraqi Desert
The Iraqi Desert is the western and southwestern part of Iraq, spanning an enormous but barely populated region of desert. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Iraq
Latitude of center
33° or 33° northLongitude of center
44° or 44° eastPopulation
28,900,000Area
437,072 km² (168,754 miles²)Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)Capital
BaghdadCurrency
Dinar (IQD)Phone code
.iqInternet domain
964OpenStreetMap ID
node 424316205GeoNames ID
99237Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Ɛiraq
- Abkhazian: Ирак
- Achinese: Irak
- Adyghe; Adygei: Ирак
- Afar: İrak
- Afrikaans: Irak
- Akan: Irak
- Akan: Iraq
- Albanian: Irak
- Albanian: Iraku
- Amharic: Iraq
- Amharic: ኢራቅ
- Amis: Iraq
- Arabic: Irak
- Arabic: الجمهورية العراقية
- Arabic: العراق
- Arabic: جمهورية العراق
- Arabic: جمهورية العراقية
- Aragonese: Iraq
- Aramaic: ܥܝܪܐܩ
- Aramaic: ܥܪܩ
- Armenian: Իրաք
- Assamese: ইৰাক
- Asturian; Bable: Iraq
- Atayal: Iraq
- Avaric: Iraka
- Avaric: ГIиракъ
- Avaric: ГӀиракъ
- Awadhi: ईराक
- Azerbaijani: İrak
- Azerbaijani: İraq
- Balinese: Irak
- Bambara: Iraki
- Bashkir: Ираҡ
- Basque: Irak
- Bavarian: Irak
- Belarusian: Ірак
- Bengali: ইরাক
- Bhojpuri: ईराक
- Bihari : ईराक
- Bishnupriya: ইরাক
- Bislama: Irak
- Bosnian: Irak
- Brahui: Irák
- Breton: Irak
- Breton: Iraq
- Buginese: Irak
- Buginese: ᨕᨗᨑᨀ
- Bulgarian: Ирак
- Burmese: အီရတ်
- Burmese: အီရတ်နိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: Iraq
- Catalan: República de l'Iraq
- Cebuano: Iraq
- Central Bicolano: Iraq
- Central Kurdish: ئێراق
- Central Kurdish: عراق
- Central Kurdish: عیراق
- Central Kurdish: عێراق
- Central Kurdish: عێڕاق
- Central Kurdish: كۆمارى عێراق
- Central Kurdish: وڵاتی عێراق
- Central Kurdish: کۆماری عێراق
- Chavacano: Iraq
- Chechen: Ӏиракъ
- Cherokee: ᎢᎳᎩ
- Chinese: Iraq
- Chinese: Yīlākè
- Chinese: 伊拉克
- Chuvash: Ирак
- Cornish: Irak
- Corsican: Iraccu
- Crimean Turkish; Crimean Tatar: Iraq
- Croatian: Irak
- Czech: Irácká republika
- Czech: Irák
- Dagbani: Iraq
- Danish: Irak
- Dimli: Iraq
- Divehi: ޢިރާޤު
- Dutch: IQ
- Dutch: IRQ
- Dutch: Irak
- Dzongkha: ཨི་རཱཀ
- Eastern Mari: Ирак
- Egyptian Spoken Arabic: العراق
- English, Old (ca.450-1100): Irac
- English: IRQ
- English: Jumhūriyyat al-‘Irāq
- English: Komar-i ‘Êraq
- English: Republic of Iraq
- English: al-‘Irāq
- English: iq
- Erzya: Ирак Мастор
- Esperanto: Irako
- Esperanto: Respubliko Irako
- Estonian: Iraagi Vabariik
- Estonian: Iraak
- Ewe: iraqdukɔ
- Extremaduran: Iraq
- Faroese: Irak
- Fijian Hindustani: Iraq
- Finnish: Irak
- Finnish: Irakin tasavalta
- Franco-Provençal: Iraq
- French: IQ
- French: IRQ
- French: Irak
- French: Iraq
- French: République d’Irak
- French: al-‘Irāq
- Frisian: Irak
- Fulah: Iraak
- Fulah: Irak
- Gaelic (Scots): Iorac
- Gaelic (Scots): Ioràc
- Gagauz: Irak
- Gagauz: İrak
- Gallegan: Iraq - العراق
- Gallegan: Iraq
- Gallegan: República de Iraq
- Gan Chinese: 伊拉克
- Ganda: Yiraaka
- Georgian: ერაყი
- German: Irak
- Goanese Konkani: Iraq
- Goanese Konkani: इराक
- Gothic: 𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌺
- Greek: Ιράκ
- Guarani: Irake
- Guarani: Iráke
- Guianese Creole French: Irak
- Gujarati: ઇરાક
- Gujarati: ઈરાક
- Haitian; Haitian Creole: Irak
- Hakka Chinese: Iraq
- Hausa: Irak
- Hausa: Iraq
- Hausa: Iraƙi
- Hausa: ʻIlaka
- Hawaiian: ʻO Iraq
- Hebrew: עיראק
- Hebrew: עירק
- Hindi: इराक
- Hindi: इराक़
- Hindi: ईराक
- Hungarian: Dzsumhúrija al-Irakijja
- Hungarian: Irak
- Hungarian: Iraki Köztársaság
- Icelandic: Írak
- Ido: Irak
- Igbo: Iraq
- Iloko: Irak
- Inari Sami: Irak
- Inari Sami: Irak täsiväldi
- Indonesian: Irak
- Indonesian: Iraq
- Ingush: Иракъ
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Irak
- Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Iraq
- Interlingue: Irak
- Inuktitut: ᐃᕉᒃ
- Irish: An Iaráic
- Irish: Iaráic
- Irish: an Iaráic
- Italian: Irak
- Italian: Iraq
- Jamaican Creole English: Irak
- Japanese: イラク
- Japanese: イラク共和国
- Javanese: Irak
- Kabardian: Ирак
- Kabiyé: Irakɩ
- Kabyle: Ɛiraq
- Kalaallisut: Irak
- Kalaallisut: Iraq
- Kalmyk; Oirat: Иракудин Орн
- Kannada: ಇರಾಕ್
- Kara-Kalpak: İrak
- Kashmiri: ایٖراق
- Kashmiri: عراق
- Kashubian: Irak
- Kazakh: Ирак
- Khmer: អ៊ីរ៉ាក់
- Kikuyu: Iraki
- Kikuyu: Iraq
- Kinyarwanda: Irake
- Kirghiz: Ирак
- Komi: Ирак
- Kongo: Iraq
- Korean: 이라크
- Kurdish: Iraq
- Kurdish: Iraqê
- Kurdish: Komar-î ‘Êraq
- Kurdish: Îraq
- Kurdish: îraq
- Kurdish: عێراق
- Kurdish: ‘Êraq
- Ladin: Iraq
- Ladino: Irak
- Lao: Irak
- Lao: ອີຣັກ
- Latin: Irac
- Latin: Iraca
- Latin: Iracia
- Latin: Iracum
- Latin: Iracus
- Latin: Iraquia
- Latin: Mesopotamia
- Latvian: Irāka
- Letzeburgesch: Irak
- Lezghian: Ирак
- Ligurian: Iraq
- Limburgish, Limburger, Limburgan: Irak
- Lingala: Irak
- Lingala: Iraki
- Lithuanian: Irakas
- Livvi: Irak
- Lojban: raksygu'e
- Lombard: Irak
- Low German; Low Saxon: Irak
- Luba-Katanga: Iraki
- Macedo Romanian: Irac
- Macedonian: Ирак
- Madurese: Irak
- Maithili: इराक
- Malagasy: Irak
- Malagasy: Iraka
- Malagasy: Iràka
- Malay (generic): Iraq
- Malay (generic): عراق
- Malayalam: ഇറാഖ്
- Malayalam: ഇറാഖ്
- Maltese: Iraq
- Maltese: Repubblika tal-Iraq
- Maltese: l-Iraq
- Manipuri: ꯏꯔꯥꯛ
- Manx: Yn Earack
- Maori: Īrāki
- Marathi: इराक
- Mazanderani: عراق
- Min Dong Chinese: Iraq
- Min Dong Chinese: Ĭ-lăk
- Min Nan Chinese: I-lak
- Min Nan Chinese: Irak
- Min Nan Chinese: Iraq
- Minangkabau: Irak
- Mingrelian: ერაყი
- Mirandese: Eiraque
- Moksha: Ирак
- Mongolian: Ирак
- Mongolian: ꯏꯔꯥꯛ
- Moroccan Spoken Arabic: لعراق
- Moroccan Spoken Arabic: لعيراق
- Nauru: Irak
- Navajo: Honoojítah Tooh Dineʼé Bikéyah
- Ndebele, North: Iraki
- Nepali: इराक
- Newari: इराक
- Northern Frisian: Iraak
- Northern Luri: عراق
- Northern Sami: Irak
- Northern Sami: Iraka dásseváldi
- Northern Sami: Irak dásseváldi
- Norwegian: Irak
- Norwegian Bokmål: Irak
- Norwegian Bokmål: Republikken Irak
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Irak
- Novial: Irak
- Occitan (post 1500); Provençal: Iraq
- Oriya: ଇରାକ
- Oriya: ଇରାକ୍
- Oromo: Iraaq
- Ossetian; Ossetic: Ирак
- Pali: ईराक
- Pampanga: Irak
- Pampanga: Iraq
- Panjabi: ਇਰਾਕ
- Papiamento: Irak
- Pennsylvania German: Iraek
- Persian: ایراغ، مسافت دور
- Persian: عراق
- Picard: Irak
- Piemontese: Irak
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Eraak
- Polish: Irak
- Portuguese: Iraque
- Portuguese: República do Iraque
- Pushto: عراق
- Quechua: Irak
- Quechua: Iraq
- Raeto-Romance: Irac
- Romanian: Irak
- Romanian: Iraq
- Romanian: Republica Irak
- Romanian: Ирак
- Rundi: Iraki
- Russia Buriat: Ирак
- Russian: Ирак
- Russian: Республика Ирак
- Rusyn: Ірак
- Samoan: Iraq
- Sango: Irâki
- Sanskrit: इराक्
- Sanskrit: ईराक
- Santali: ᱤᱨᱟᱠ
- Sardinian: Iraq
- Saterfriesisch: Irak
- Schwyzerdütsch: Irak
- Scots: Iraq
- Seraiki: عراق
- Serbian: Irak
- Serbian: Ирак
- Serbo-Croatian: Irak
- Shan: မိူင်းဢီႇရၢၵ်ႈ
- Shona: Iraq
- Sicilian: Iraq
- Sindhi: عراق
- Sinhalese: ඉරාක ජනරජය
- Sinhalese: ඉරාකය
- Skolt Sami: Iraakk tääʹssväʹldd
- Skolt Sami: Iraak tääʹssväʹldd
- Skolt Sami: Irak
- Skolt Sami: Irakk
- Slovak: Irak
- Slovenian: Irak
- Somali: Ciraaq
- Sorbian, Lower: Irak
- Sorbian, Upper: Irak
- South Azerbaijani: عراق
- Spanish: Irak
- Spanish: Iraq
- Spanish: Republica de Irak
- Spanish: República de Irak
- Spanish: República de Iraq
- Sundanese: Irak
- Swahili (generic): Iraki
- Swahili (generic): Iraq
- Swati: I-Irakhi
- Swedish: Irak
- Swedish: Republiken Irak
- Tagalog: Irak
- Tagalog: Iraq
- Tajik: Ироқ
- Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Ироқ
- Tamil: அல்-இராக்
- Tamil: இராக்
- Tamil: இராக்கியக் குடியரசு
- Tamil: ஈராக்
- Tamil: ஈராக்கு
- Taroko: Iraq
- Tatar: Ğíraq
- Tatar: Гыйрак
- Telugu: ఇరాక్
- Tetum: Irake
- Thai: ประเทศอิรัก
- Thai: อิรัก
- Tibetan: ཡི་ལའ་ཁོ།
- Tibetan: ཨི་རག།
- Tigrinya: ኢራቅ
- Tok Pisin: Irak
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): ʻIlaaki
- Tosk Albanian: Irak
- Tumbuka: Iraq
- Tunisian Spoken Arabic: Lɛiraq
- Tunisian Spoken Arabic: العراق
- Turkish: Irak
- Turkmen: Yrak
- Twi: Irak
- Udmurt: Ирак
- Uighur: ئىراق
- Ukrainian: Ірак
- Ukrainian: Республіка Ірак
- Urdu: عراق
- Uzbek: Iroq
- Venetian: Iraq
- Veps: Irak
- Vietnamese: I-rắc
- Vietnamese: Iraq
- Vlaams: Irak
- Volapük: Lirakän
- Walloon: Irak
- Waray (Philippines): Irak
- Welsh: Irac
- Western Balochi: ایراک
- Western Panjabi: عراق
- Wolof: Iraak
- Wolof: Irag
- Wu Chinese: 伊拉克
- Yakut: Ираак
- Yakut: Ирак
- Yiddish: איראק
- Yoruba: Irak
- Yoruba: Iraki
- Yue Chinese: Iraq
- Yue Chinese: الجمهورية العراقية
- Yue Chinese: العراق
- Yue Chinese: كۆماری عێراق
- Yue Chinese: 伊拉克
- Yue Chinese: 伊拉克共和國
- Zeeuws: Irak
- Zhuang: Iraq
- Zulu: I-Iraki
- Zulu: i-Iraq
- Al Jumhūrīyah al ‘Irāqīyah
- Al ‘Irāq
- Iraks
- Jumhūrīyat al ‘Irāq
- Ėraks
- عِراق
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