Iraq

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جمهورية العراق
Jumhūriyyat ul-ʿIrāq
Republic of Iraq

Flag of Iraq Coat of arms of Iraq
Flag Coat of arms

Motto
الله أكبر (Arabic)
"Allahu Akbar" (transliteration)
"God is the Greatest"

Anthem
Ardulfurataini Watan

Location of Iraq

Capital
(and largest city)
Baghdad
33°20′N, 44°26′E

Official language(s) Arabic

Demonym Iraqi

Government
 - President
Republic
Saddam Hussein

Independence
 - from the Ottoman Empire
 - from the United Kingdom

October 1, 1919
October 3, 1932

Area
 - Total

 - Water (%)

376,135 km²
145,226 sq mi
negligible

Population
 - July 2007 est.
 - Density
 

26,205,197
69.67 /km²
180.44 /sq mi

GDP (PPP)
 - Total
 - Per capita
2006 estimate
$379.98 billion
$14,500

Gini 33.9 (medium)

HDI 0.799 (medium)

Currency Iraqi dinar (IQD)

Time zone
 - Summer (DST)
AST (UTC +3)
ADT (UTC +4)

Internet TLD .iq

Calling code +964
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