Iraq
Iraq is a republic in the Middle East. It has an extremely rich history and culture that is still visible today, although accessing it may pose some challenges to visitors.Tap on the map to travel |
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Baghdad
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Baghdad is the capital and largest city of Iraq, with an estimated population of 6-7 million.
Babylon
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Babylon is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Iraq, today only ruins; it was once one of the most prominent cities of Ancient Mesopotamia.
Mosul
Mosul is a city in Iraq's Northwestern region, and is the country's second largest city by population.Destinations
Iraqi Kurdistan
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Kurdistan Region is an autonomous administrative entity within the Republic of Iraq.
Southern Iraq
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Southern Iraq stretches south of the Baghdad Belts of Iraq to Kuwait.
Northwestern Iraq
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Northwestern Iraq is a region largely between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the northwestern part of Iraq.
Baghdad Belts
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The Baghdad Belts are at the cultural and political center of Iraq, radiating outward from the center at Baghdad.
Iraqi Desert
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The Iraqi Desert is the western and southwestern part of Iraq, spanning an enormous but barely populated region of desert.
Iraq
- Type: Country with 28,900,000 residents
- Description: sovereign state in western Asia
- Languages: Arabic, Kurdish and Armenian
- Neighbors: Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Turkey
- Categories: sovereign state and locality
- Location: Middle East, Asia
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Latitude of centre
33° northLongitude of centre
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 424316205OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
99237Wikidata ID
Q796Iraq Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Ɛiraq
- Abkhazian: Ирак
- Abkhazian: Ираҟ
- Achinese: Irak
- Adyghe: Ирак
- Afar: Iraq
- Afrikaans: Irak
- Akan: Irak
- Akan: Iraq
- Albanian: Irak
- Albanian: Iraku
- Amharic: Iraq
- Amharic: ኢራቅ
- Amis: Iraq
- Angika: इराक
- Arabic: Irak
- Arabic: الجمهورية العراقية
- Arabic: العراق
- Arabic: جمهورية العراق
- Arabic: جُمْهُوريَّة العِرَاق
- Aragonese: Iraq
- Armenian: Իրաք
- Arpitan: Iraq
- Assamese: ইৰাক
- Asturian: Iraq
- Atayal: Iraq
- Avaric: Iraka
- Avaric: ГӀиракъ
- Awadhi: ईराक
- Azerbaijani: İrak
- Azerbaijani: İraq
- Azerbaijani: İraq R
- Azerbaijani: İraq Respublikası
- Balinese: Irak
- Bambara: Iraki
- Bashkir: Ираҡ
- Basque: Irak
- Bavarian: Irak
- Belarusian: Ірак
- Bengali: ইরাক
- Bhojpuri: 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 Bikol: 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 Tatar: Iraq
- Croatian: Irak
- Czech: Irácká republika
- Czech: Irák
- Dagbani: Iraq
- Danish: Irak
- Dhivehi: ޢިރާޤު
- Dimli (individual language): Iraq
- Dotyali: इराक
- Dutch: IQ
- Dutch: IRQ
- Dutch: Irak
- Dzongkha: ཨི་རཱཀ
- Eastern Mari: Ирак
- Egyptian Arabic: العراق
- English: IRQ
- English: Jumhūriyyat al-‘Irāq
- English: Komar-i ‘Êraq
- English: Republic of Iraq
- English: al-‘Irāq
- English: iq
- English: العراق
- Erzya: Ирак Мастор
- Esperanto: Irako
- Esperanto: Respubliko Irako
- Estonian: Iraagi Vabariik
- Estonian: Iraak
- Ewe: iraqdukɔ
- Extremaduran: Iraq
- Faroese: Irak
- Fiji Hindi: Iraq
- Finnish: Irak
- Finnish: Irakin tasavalta
- French: IQ
- French: IRQ
- French: Irak
- French: Iraq
- French: République d’Irak
- French: al-‘Irāq
- Fulah: Iraak
- Fulah: Irak
- Gagauz: İrak
- Galician: Iraq - العراق
- Galician: Iraq
- Galician: República de Iraq
- Gan Chinese: 伊拉克
- Ganda: Yiraaka
- Georgian: ერაყი
- German: Irak
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Iraq
- Goan Konkani: Iraq
- Goan Konkani: इराक
- Gothic: 𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌺
- Greek: Ιράκ
- Guarani: Irake
- Guarani: Iráke
- Guianese Creole French: Irak
- Gujarati: ઇરાક
- Gujarati: ઈરાક
- Haitian: 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
- Indonesian: Republik Irak
- Ingush: Иракъ
- Interlingua: Irak
- Interlingua: 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
- Kabiyè: Irakɩ
- Kabyle: Ɛiraq
- Kalaallisut: Irak
- Kalaallisut: Iraq
- Kalmyk: Иракудин Орн
- Kannada: ಇರಾಕ್
- Kara-Kalpak: İrak
- Kara-Kalpak: İraq
- Kashmiri: ایٖراق
- Kashmiri: عراق
- Kashubian: Irak
- Kazakh: Ирак
- Khmer: អ៊ីរ៉ាក់
- Kikuyu: Iraki
- Kikuyu: Iraq
- Kinyarwanda: Irake
- Kirghiz: Ирак
- Komi: Ирак
- Kongo: Iraq
- Korean: 이라크
- Kotava: Iraka
- Kurdish: Iraq
- Kurdish: Iraqê
- Kurdish: Komar-î ‘Êraq
- Kurdish: Êraq
- Kurdish: îraq
- Kurdish: عێراق
- Kurdish: ‘Êraq
- Ladin: Irach
- Ladin: Iraq
- Ladino: Cumhuriyet de İrak
- Ladino: Irak
- Ladino: Respublika de Irak
- Ladino: Respublika de İrak
- Ladino: İrak
- Lao: Irak
- Lao: ອີຣັກ
- Latin: Irac
- Latin: Iraca
- Latin: Iracia
- Latin: Iracum
- Latin: Iracus
- Latin: Iraquia
- Latin: Mesopotamia
- Latvian: Irāka
- Lezghian: Ирак
- Ligurian: Iraq
- Limburgan: Irak
- Lingala: Irak
- Lingala: Iraki
- Lingua Franca Nova: Irac
- Literary Chinese: 伊拉克
- Lithuanian: Irakas
- Livvi: Irak
- Lojban: raksygu'e
- Lombard: Irak
- Low German: Irak
- Lower Sorbian: Irak
- Luba-Katanga: Iraki
- Luxembourgish: Irak
- Macedo-Romanian: Irac
- Macedonian: Ирак
- Madurese: Irak
- Maithili: इराक
- Malagasy: Irak
- Malagasy: Iraka
- Malagasy: Iràka
- Malay: Iraq
- Malay: 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
- Mazanderani: عیراق
- 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 Arabic: لعراق
- Moroccan Arabic: لعيراق
- N'Ko: ߌߙߊߞߌ߬
- N'Ko: ߌߙߊߞߌ߬ ߞߊ߲ߓߍ߲
- Nauru: Irak
- Navajo: Honoojítah Tooh Dineʼé Bikéyah
- Nepali: इराक
- Newari: इराक
- North Ndebele: Iraki
- 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): Iraq
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܥܝܪܐܩ
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܥܪܩ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Irac
- Oriya: ଇରାକ
- Oriya: ଇରାକ୍
- Oromo: Iraaq
- Ossetian: Ирак
- Pa'o Karen: အီရတ်ခမ်းထီ
- 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
- Romanian: Irak
- Romanian: Iraq
- Romanian: Republica Irak
- Romanian: Ирак
- Romansh: Irac
- Rundi: Iraki
- Russia Buriat: Ирак
- Russian: Ирак
- Russian: Республика Ирак
- Rusyn: Ірак
- Sakizaya: Iraq
- Samoan: Iraki
- Samoan: Iraq
- Samogitian: Iraks
- Samogitian: Ėraks
- Sango: Irâki
- Sanskrit: इराक्
- Sanskrit: ईराक
- Santali: ᱤᱨᱟᱠ
- Saraiki: عراق
- Sardinian: Iraq
- Saterfriesisch: Irak
- Scots: Iraq
- Scottish Gaelic: Iorac
- Scottish Gaelic: Ioràc
- Serbian: Irak
- Serbian: Ирак
- Serbo-Croatian: Irak
- Shan: မိူင်းဢီႇရၢၵ်ႈ
- Shona: Iraki
- Shona: Iraq
- Sicilian: Iraq
- Silesian: Irak
- Sindhi: عراق
- Sinhala: ඉරාක ජනරජය
- Sinhala: ඉරාකය
- Skolt Sami: Iraakk tääʹssväʹldd
- Skolt Sami: Iraak tääʹssväʹldd
- Skolt Sami: Irak
- Skolt Sami: Irakk
- Slovak: Iracká republika
- Slovak: Irak
- Slovenian: Irak
- Somali: Ciraaq
- South Azerbaijani: عراق
- Spanish: Irak
- Spanish: Iraq
- Spanish: Republica de Irak
- Spanish: República de Irak
- Spanish: República de Iraq
- Sundanese: Irak
- Swahili: Iraki
- Swahili: Iraq
- Swati: I-Irakhi
- Swedish: Irak
- Swedish: Republiken Irak
- Swiss German: Irak
- Tagalog: Irak
- Tagalog: Iraq
- Tajik: Ироқ
- Tajik: Ҷумҳурии Ироқ
- Talysh: Irag
- 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
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): ʻIlaki
- Tosk Albanian: Irak
- Tumbuka: Iraq
- Tunisian Arabic: Lɛiraq
- Tunisian Arabic: العراق
- Turkish: Irak
- Turkmen: Yrak
- Twi: Irak
- Udmurt: Ирак
- Uighur: ئىراق
- Ukrainian: Ірак
- Ukrainian: Республіка Ірак
- Upper Sorbian: Irak
- Urdu: عراق
- Uzbek: Iroq
- Venetian: Irak
- Venetian: Iraq
- Veps: Irak
- Vietnamese: I-rắc
- Vietnamese: Iraq
- Vlaams: Irak
- Vlax Romani: Iraq
- Volapük: Lirakän
- Võro: Iraak
- Walloon: Irak
- Waray (Philippines): Irak
- Welsh: Irac
- Western Armenian: Իրաք
- Western Balochi: ایراک
- Western Frisian: Irak
- 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
- Zhuang: Yihlahgwz
- Zulu: I-Iraki
- Zulu: i-Iraq
- Al Jumhūrīyah al ‘Irāqīyah
- Al ‘Irāq
- Jumhūrīyat al ‘Irāq
- ma Ilakija
- العِرَاقُ
- عِراق
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