IraqIraqGeographyGeography

By: Sheila England, Kiki Lochner,

and Betsy Kramer

IraqIraq

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Map of Iraq

Iraq Flag

IraqIraqHemisphere-Eastern, Northern

Continent-Asia

IraqIraqCapital-Baghdad

Relative Location- central Iraq, south of Turkey, west of Iran, northwest of Kuwait, and northeast of Saudi Arabia.

#39 in world population ranking

Map of Baghdad, Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/maps/iraq.baghdad.jpg

IraqIraq

Absolute location of Baghdad-33˚N, 44˚E

St. Louis-12:00 noon

Baghdad, Iraq-9:00p.m.

IraqIraqPlaces of Interest

Ur of Chaldees- mentioned in the Bible and said to be the birth place of Abraham.

Shaheed Monument- the place that symbolizes all the Iraqi soldiers that died during the war against Iran.

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http://northshorejournal.org/LinkedImages//2009/03/great-ziggurat-of-ur.jpg

IraqIraqCitationsCitations

"World Clock." World Time Zone. World Time Zone, Web. 7 Oct 2009. <http://www.worldtimezone.com/>.

"list of countries by population." Wikipedia. october 14th 2009. Wikipedia Foundation, Web. 15 Oct. 2009. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_popu

lation>. "absolute location of Baghdad, Iraq." Answers.com. April 23, 2009. Answers Corporation, Web. 15 Oct 2009. <http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Absolute_location_of_Bagh

dad_Iraq> "Places Of Interest In Iraq." Articlesbase. April 28, 2008. Free Aricles, Web. 15 Oct 2009. <http://www.articlesbase.com/destinations-articles/places-of-interest-in-iraq-398065.html>.