Area

438317 km²

Geographical location                                

It’s located in west Asia and It’s partof middle east, Jordan and Syria are to it’s west ,Turkey  to It’s north ,Iran to it’s ast and Kuwaitand Saudi Arabia to it’s south .

Population

29682081 Based  on estimations of central of statistics with in the ministryof planning of 2007

Topography

Iraq is featured by the plains of Tigris and Euphrates, the marshes are to the south east, the mountains are in Kurdistan region at the borders with Iran to the east and turkey to the north

Climate

The western parts have typical desert climate of extreme heat in the summer and extreme cold in the winter ,while the central and southern parts have a hot summer and a moderate winter

The important natural recourses

Petrol , Phosphate , Natural Gas and  Sulfur  

Governorates

Sulimania, Erbil, Duhok, Salahddin ,dyala ,wassit ,missan , basrah, thiqar ,uthan ,babil  ,karbala,najaf,anbar,ninava,karkuk, diwania.