Iraq

Iraq Iraq started out as a part of the Ottoman Empire. Iraq was controlled by Britain during World War 1. Iraq gained it independence in 1932. It is located between Iran and Kuwait. Iraq is mostly dessert with mountains on the Turkish boarder. The highest peak in Iraq is unnamed but the second highest point is Gundah Zhur 3,607 meters. Four of its most common natural resources are petroleum, natural gas, phosphate, and sulfur. Problems they have with natural disasters include sand storms and floods. The sand storms are sort of obvious because it is mostly desert but the flooding comes down of the mountains or from the government water control projects. The current population of Iraq is about 25,000,000 people. About 58 percent of the population is of working age while about the other 40 percent are under the age of fourteen. The Current birth rate to One thousand people is about thirty-three while the death rate is around 6. The infant mortality rate is about 53 to 1000. The life expectancy is right around 68. About 80% of the population is Arab while the other 20% is iraq, about, government, war, population, while, united, started, rate, oil, natural, financial, current, back, around, age, after, trying, storms, states, sand, right, program, problems, percent, people, now, mountains, mostly, kuwait, include, highest, fall, economy, during