Iraq (irq)

Iraq

Iraq ranks 961st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Zrenjanin, Guantánamo, and Esmeraldas, Ecuador. Memorable people born in Iraq include Ismail al-Jazari, Zubaidah bint Ja`far, and Al-Mustansir. Memorable people who died in Iraq include Al-Nasir, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, and Al-Qa'im. Iraq has been the birth place of many politicians and companions and the death place of many politicians and social activists. Iraq is located in Iraq.

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west. The capital and largest city is Baghdad. Iraq is home to diverse ethnic groups; mostly Arabs, as well as Kurds, Turkmens, Assyrians, Armenians, Yazidis, Mandaeans, Persians and Shabakis with similarly diverse geography and wildlife. The majority of the country's 40 million residents are Muslims – the notable other faiths are Christianity, Yazidism, Mandaeism, Yarsanism and Zoroastrianism. The official languages of Iraq are Arabic and Kurdish; others also recognised in specific regions are Suret (Assyrian), Turkish and Armenian. Read more on Wikipedia