Iraq

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Iraq started out as a part of the Ottoman Empire. Iraq was controlled by Britain during World War 1. Iraq gained it independence in 1932. It is located between Iran and Kuwait. Iraq is mostly dessert with mountains on the Turkish boarder. The highest peak in Iraq is unnamed but the second highest point is Gundah Zhur 3,607 meters. Four of its most common natural resources are petroleum, natural gas, phosphate, and sulfur. Problems they have with natural disasters include sand storms and floods. The sand storms are sort of obvious because it is mostly desert but the flooding comes down of the mountains or from the government water control projects.

The current population of Iraq is about 25,000,000 people. About 58 percent of the population is of working age while about the other 40 percent are under the age of fourteen. The Current birth rate to One thousand people is about thirty-three while the death rate is around 6. The infant mortality rate is about 53 to 1000. The life expectancy is right around 68. About 80% of the population is Arab while the other 20% is Kurdish. Most of the population in Iraq is Muslim around 97% worth.

Right now Iraq doesn’t really have a government the United States is keeping order until a government can be established. What they call it is the interim government and that was appointed on June 1st 2004. The capital of Iraq is Baghdad. The voting age is 18 and both men and women can vote. They also have a supreme court that was appointed on September 28th 2004. So there government is still trying to get back on its feet after saddam’s reign.
Most of Iraq’s economy comes from the oil industry it is about 95% of it. They feel into horrible financial problems in the 1980s during the 8-year war. They suffered about 100 billion dollar in financial downfall. After the war ended in 1988 they started to build new pipelines and the economy was slowly starting to come back. I...