Iraq

Republic o Iraq
جمهورية العراق
Jumhūriyat Al-Irāq (Arabic)
كۆماری عێراق

Banner Coat o airms
Naitional motto:
Offeecial leid	Arabic
Caipital	Baghdad
Lairgest ceety	caipital
Govrenment Heid o State - Prime Meenister -	Federal parliamentary republic Preses Jalal Talbani Nouri al-Maliki
Area	438,317 km2 169,234 sq mi
Population	31,234,000
Foondin	3 October 1932
Siller	Iraqi dinar (IQD)
Time zone	UTC+3
Naitional anthem	Mawtini
Naitional flouer
Patron saunt
Internet TLD	.iq
Cawin code	964

Iraq (pronounced /iːˈrɑːk/ or /ɪˈræk/, Arabic: العراق Al-Irāq), offeecially the Republic o Iraq (Arabic:  جمهورية العراق  Jumhūrīyat Al-Irāq, Kurdish: كؤماری عێراق‎‎, Komara Îraqê) is a kintra in Wastren Asie spannin maist o the northwastren end o the Zagros muntain range, the eastren pairt o the Sirie Desert an the northren pairt o the Arabie Desert.

Iraq is bordered bi Jordan tae the wast, Sirie tae the northwast, Turkey tae the north, Iran tae the east, an Kuwait an Saudi Arabie tae the sooth. Iraq haes a narrae section o coastline measurin 58 km (35 miles) on the northren Persie Guwf. The caipital ceety, Baghdad is in the center-east o the kintra.

Twa major rivers, the Tigris an Euphrates, run through the center o Iraq, flowin frae northwast tae sootheast. These provide Iraq wi agriculturally capable land an contrast wi the steppe an desert landscape that covers maist o Wastren Asie.

Historically, the territory comprisin o the land cawed "Iraq" wis kent in Europe bi the Greek toponym 'Mesopotamie' (Land atween the rivers). Iraq haes been hame tae continuous successive ceevilizations syne the 6t millennium BC. The region atween the Tigris an Euphrates rivers is identifee'd as the cradle o ceevilization an the birthplace o writin an the wheel.