Iraq Country Guide

Iraq Facts

  • Capital: Baghdad
  • Population: 28,807,000
  • Currency: New Iraqi dinar (NID)
  • Religions: Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32%-37%), Christian or other 3%
  • Government: transitional democracy
  • Languages: Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian
  • Climate: 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
  • Phone Code: 964

Festivals in Iraq

Eid al-Fitr (Baghdad, Iraq)
Festival Types: Religious
Month: September
Eid al-Fitr Video

Iraq Accommodation

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Iraq Flights

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