Area:
total: 437,072 sq km
land: 432,162 sq km
water: 4,910 sq km Climate:
mostly desert; mild to cool winters with dry, hot, cloudless summers; northern mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkish borders experience cold winters with occasionally heavy snows that melt in early spring, sometimes causing extensive flooding in c Terrain:
mostly broad plains; reedy marshes along Iranian border in south with large flooded areas; mountains along borders with Iran and Turkey Population:
25,374,691 Languages:
Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish regions), Assyrian, Armenian Capital:
Baghdad
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