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Popalation:24;001 ,816

Area Comparative-slightly more than twice the st Iraq dinars per US dollar - $.3109

Televisionbroadcaststations - 13

Internetusers- 12, 500

Telephones-675,000

Age structure:0-14 years: 41.1% (male 5,003,755; 15-64 years: 55.9% (male 6,794,265; female 6,624.i 65 years and over: 3% (male 341,520; female 388,3

Ethaic groups:Arab 75%-800/4,Kurdish 15%-20%

Religio111:Muslim 97% (Shi'a 60%-65%, Sunni 32'

Languages: Arabic, Kurdish (official in Kurdish rei

Uteraey: definition: age 15 and over can read and •

Clhute: Mostly desert; mild to cool winters with cl mountainous regions along Iranian and Turkisll with occasionally heavy snows that melt in ear extensiveflooding in central and southernIraq

Natani .lluardl:dust storms, sandstormsand ftod