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Geography of Iraq. Coordinates: 33°00′N 44°00′E. Overview map of Iraq. Topography of Iraq. The geography of Iraq is diverse and falls into five main regions: the desert (west of the Euphrates ), Upper Mesopotamia (between the upper Tigris and Euphrates rivers), the northern highlands of Iraq, Lower Mesopotamia, and the alluvial plain ...
Map of all majority-group clusters of the country's ethnic groups in large, deliberately grouped, census output areas as at the 2006 to 2008 study. Iraq's native population is predominantly Arab, but also includes other ethnic groups such as Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Yazidis, Shabaks, Armenians, Mandaeans, Circassians, and Kawliya.
Per the Iraqi constitution, governorates can form a federal region. [1] Four governorates, Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, Halabja and Duhok, constitute the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region. Baghdad (which is the most populous) and Basra are the oldest governorates. The second most-populous one, Ninawa (or Nineveh) is in the upland region and has a cooler ...
Map of major U.S. military bases in Iraq and the number of soldiers stationed there (2007) The United States Department of Defense continues to have a large number of temporary military bases in Iraq, most a type of forward operating base (FOB).
Hillah ( Arabic: ٱلْحِلَّة al-Ḥillah ), also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, 100 km (62 mi) south of Baghdad. The population was estimated to be about 455,700 in 2018. It is the capital of Babylon Province and is located adjacent to the ancient city of Babylon, and close to the ...
0.680 [1] medium. Website. anbar .iq. Al Anbar Governorate ( Arabic: محافظة الأنبار; muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār ), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The population is mostly Sunni Arabs. [2]
12/30. 11,495. 3,504. Concrete. Balad Air Base ( Arabic: قاعدة بلد الجوية) ( ICAO: ORBD ), is an Iraqi Air Force base located near Balad in the Sunni Triangle 40 miles (64 km) north of Baghdad, Iraq . Built in the early 1980s, it was originally named Al-Bakr Air Base. In 2003 the base was captured by the United States Armed Forces ...
Iraq–Jordan border. Map of the Iraq-Jordan, depicting both the 1932 (thin line) and 1984 (thick) borders. The Iraq – Jordan border is 179 km (111 mi) in length and runs from the tripoint with Syria in the north to the tripoint with Saudi Arabia in the south. [1]