Iraq

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Capital: Baghdad

Total Area (Sq. Miles): 169,234

Land Covered by Water: 1.1%

Time Zone: GMT +3 (UTC+3)

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 central and southern Iraq

Approximate Population: 29,267,000

Official Language: Arabic, Kurdish

Religion: Islam, Christianity, Yazdânism, Mandaeism, Judaism

Currency: Iraqi Dinar

Most prevalent illnesses or diseases:

Traveler's Diarrhea, Cholera, Malaria, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B Schistosomiasis - found in fresh water, Typhoid Fever, Dengue Fever Filariasis, Leishmaniasis (Leishmania Infection), Onchocerciasis (River Blindness), HIV (see AIDS/HIV), Tuberculosis (TB), Brucellosis - avoid unpasteurized dairy products

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