Page 12 - investment-map-En-2021

Iraq Investment Map2020-2021
6

A Glance at Iraq's Geography

Iraq has a strategic and effective

position in the world as it
represents a crossroad for the
different routes connecting the

world continents and a land bridge

leading to naval communication
routes. Iraq is important on both
international and commercial

levels. The capital of Iraq is

Baghdad. The country consists of
eighteen Provinces, three of them,
Al-Sulaimanyah, Erbil, and

Duhouk, constitute Kurdistan

Region, whereas Basra, Mosul, and Erbil are considered the principal Provinces due to
the large areas and large number of population they enjoy. Iraq's main resources are oil,
natural gas, sulfur, phosphates, iron, red mercury, kaolin clays, bauxite, limestone, gravel

and sand.

Geographically, Iraq can be divided into four main areas: the Western Area, the Southern
Area, the Mountain Area, and the Sedimentary Plains Area on the Tigris and Euphrates.
2
The area of the country is about (438,446) km . The population of Iraq is about (38.8)
million, 19.6 m male and 19.2m female. Most of them live in urban areas.

Iraq has two main rivers which are Tigris and Euphrates, whose lengths are (1850 km)
and (2350 km). Both of these rivers rise in Turkey and meet in Al-Qurna City in Basra
Province to form Shatt Al-Arab which in turn flows for another (185 km) before reaching

The Arabian Gulf.

Iraq borders Turkey to the north, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Gulf to the south, Iran to the
east, Syria and Jordan to the west.

www.investpromo.gov.iq
www.nici.gov.iq
info @ investpromo.gov.iq

info@nici.gov.iq