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Article: Iraq
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Iraq
Basic Data
| Official Country Name:
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Republic of Iraq
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| Region (Map name):
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Middle East
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| Population:
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23,331,985
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| Language(s):
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Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian, Armenian
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| Literacy rate:
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58.0%
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| Area:
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437,072 sq km
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| Number of Television Stations:
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13
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| Number of Television Sets:
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1,750,000
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| Television Sets per 1,000:
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75.0
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| Number of Radio Stations:
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74
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| Number of Radio Receivers:
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4,850,000
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| Radio Receivers per 1,000:
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207.9
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Background & General Characteristics
The Republic of Iraq is home to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the seven ancient wonders of the world. Turkey borders Iraq to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait and the Persian Gulf to the southeast, Saudi Arabia ...
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Article: Iraq Gets Back on Radar for U.S. Farmers.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;
May 5, 2003 ;
700+ words
... ... also hopes to capitalize on a new Iraq, have created a joint task force ... Before the 1991 Persian Gulf war, Iraq was a major market for U.S. grain ... United States provided more than 90 percent of Iraq's rice imports. But after the ...
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