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Iraq
alternative words: Republic of Iraq, Al-Jumhuriyah Al-Iraqiyah, Irak keywords: state related topics: Baghdad , Kuwait , Ottoman Empire , Euphrates river , Tigris river related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq , http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Iraq.htm explanation: Country surrounded by, in clockwise from north, Turkey, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia, Jordan and Syria, its land covers that of the Mesopotamian civilisation. The modern Iraq was borne from a dismantlement of Ottoman empire in 1920. British mandate state until 1932, then a monarchy which was overthrown in 1958 to become a republic. Baath party took power in 1963. Iraq means "between 2 rivers", i.e. Euphrates and Tigris in old Semite language. Population: 24 millions, surface: 437,072 km2, capital: Baghdad. | |