Source: Wikipedia
Flag of Iraq
Capital: Baghdad 33°20′N 44°26′E Official language: Arabic, Kurdish, (Assyrian (Syriac) and Iraqi Turkmen)
Government: Parliamentary democracy President: Jalal Talabani

Prime Minister: Nouri al-Maliki

Independence :
- from the Ottoman Empire October 1, 1919
- from the United Kingdom October 3, 1932

Area :
- Total 438,317 km² (58th) 169,234 sq mi
- Water (%) 1.1

Population :
- 2005 estimate 28,807,000 (40th)
- Density 66/km² (125th) 171/sq mi

GDP (PPP) 2005 estimate :
- Total $89.8 billion (not ranked)
- Per capita $3,600 (not ranked)

Currency: Iraqi dinar (IQD)

Time zone: (UTC+3)
- Summer (DST) (UTC+4)

Internet TLD: .iq

Calling code: +964

The Republic of Iraq (Arabic: ‎ العراق translit: 'al-‘Irāq, Kurdish: عيَراق ), is a country in Southwest Asia encompassing most of Mesopotamia as well as the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range and the eastern part of the Syrian Desert. It shares borders with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, and Iran to the east. It has a very narrow section of coastline at Umm Qasr on the Persian Gulf .