Iraq Country Guide | Guide to Iraq

Country Guide Iraq

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 [video]

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