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Capital: Baghdad
Area: 434,924 sq km/167,881 sq ml
Language: Arabic, Kurdish, Assyrian
Currency: Iraqi Dinar
Population: 24,683,313
Life expectancy: 65 (men), 67 (women)
Literacy rate: 70% (men), 49% (women)
Religions: 60% Shi'ite Muslim, 37% Sunni Muslim
Physical features: Mountains in the north, desert in west, wide valley of rivers Tigris and Euphrates running NW - SE
Ethnic distribution: 79% Arab, 16% Kurdish, 3% Persian, 2% Turkish
Exports: Crude oil, cotton, dates (80% of world supply)
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