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Iraq
Official Name: Republic of Iraq
First Appearance: Deathblow Vol 1 #3
Population: 29, 267, 000
Captial City: Bagdhad
Government: Developing parlimentary republic
Major Languages: Arabic, Kurdish
Monetary Unit: Iraqi Dinar
Major Resources
Places of Interest
- Purgatory(Deathblow Vol 1 #3): The Tomb of the Black Angel, lost in the Iraqi desert.
Nonhuman Population
Domestic Superhumans
Prominent Citizens
- Saddam Hussein (sometimes referred to as Saddam Kussein): the one-time dictator of Iraq.
Domestic Crime
International Crime
History
Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert. It shares borders with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the west, Syria to the northwest, Turkey to the north, and Iran to the east. It has a very narrow section of coastline measuring 58 km (35 miles) between Umm Qasr and Al Faw on the Persian Gulf. There are two major flowing rivers: the Tigris and the Euphrates. These provide Iraq with agriculturally capable land and contrast with the desert landscape that covers most of Western Asia.
The capital city, Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد Baġdād), is in the center-east. Iraq's rich history dates back to ancient Mesopotamia. The region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers is identified as the cradle of civilization and a birthplace of writing. Throughout its long history, Iraq has been the center of the Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Abbasid empires, and part of the Achaemenid, Macedonian, Parthian, Sassanid, Roman, Rashidun, Umayyad, Mongol, Ottoman and British empires.
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