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Mosque, Samarra, Iraq
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Iraq Travel Guide
Key Facts
Area:
438,317 sq km (169,235 sq miles).
Population:
30.7m (2009).
Population density:
70.04 per sq km.
Capital:
Baghdad. Population: 5.7 million (2006 estimate).
Government:
Iraqi Transitional Government.
Head of state:
President Jalal Talabani since 2005.
Head of government:
Prime Minister Jawad al-Maliki since 2006.
Electricity:
230 volts AC, 50Hz. Various two- and three-pin plugs are in use. Electricity supplies were severely affected in the 2003 conflict and are still unreliable.
There are hopes that Iraq may have started on the path to stability. After all, civilisation as we know it once emerged from this region. Slowly, over the last several years, regional and national elections have been held, foreign troops have started to depart and the healing process looks to be underway. More optimistic Iraqi refugees have returned as security improves and foreign companies have begun to bid for the first post-war oil contracts.
Iraq is rebuilding slowly. Most of the country's political, social, physical and economic infrastructures were, by and large, destroyed during the war in 2003. However, national elections in December 2005 have brought increased stability to the country. In June 2009, after largely successful provincial elections earlier in the year, American and British troops withdrew from the streets of Iraqi towns and cities, though a limited number still remain in bases.
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