Iraq
Names and codes: GeoNames, CC BY 4.0 · Boundary: Natural Earth, public domain · Refresh date not recorded · Sources and licenses
Codes and identifiers
- ISO alpha-2
- IQ
- ISO alpha-3
- IRQ
- ISO numeric
- 368
- FIPS 10-4
- IZ
- GeoNames ID
- 99237
Key facts
- Capital
- Baghdad
- Area
- 437,072 km²
- Population
- 38,433,600
- Currency
- Dinar (IQD)
- Calling code
- +964
- Top-level domain
- .iq
- Official languages
- ar-IQ,ku,hy
Continent
- Name
- Asia
- Code
- AS
- In this dataset
- 51 countries
Location
- Latitude
- 33
- Longitude
- 44
- Min latitude
- 29.063136699000026
- Min longitude
- 38.77451135200005
- Max latitude
- 37.37549753800006
- Max longitude
- 48.559255405000044
Boundary
The API call behind this page
Request
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
"https://geosearch.dev/v1/countries/IQ?fields=iso_code,iso3_code,name,capital,population,area_sq_km,currency_code,continent_code"Response
{
"data": {
"area_sq_km": 437072,
"capital": "Baghdad",
"continent_code": "AS",
"currency_code": "IQD",
"iso3_code": "IRQ",
"iso_code": "IQ",
"name": "Iraq",
"population": 38433600
}
}Formatted for reading. The API returns the same JSON on one line.
Other endpoints for this country
/v1/countries/IQ/regions/v1/cities?country=IQ/v1/postal-codes?country=IQ/v1/timezones?country=IQ
Name in other languages
- Arabic
- العراق
- Chinese
- 伊拉克
- English
- Iraq
- French
- Irak
- German
- Irak
- Hindi
- इराक
- Italian
- Iraq
- Japanese
- イラク
- Korean
- 이라크
- Portuguese
- Iraque
- Russian
- Ирак
- Spanish
- Irak
- Total language variants
- 150
The API returns any of them with ?lang=.
Time zones
| IANA ID | UTC offset | DST offset |
|---|---|---|
| Asia/Baghdad | UTC+03:00 | UTC+03:00 |
Postal code format
- Format
- #####
- Pattern
^(\d{5})$
First-level administrative regions
- Baghdad Governorate
- Basra Governorate
- Nineveh Governorate
- Erbil Governorate
- Al-Anbar Governorate
- Babil Governorate
- Sulaymaniyah Governorate
- Wasit Governorate
- An Najaf
- Kirkuk Governorate
- Muḩāfaz̧at Dhī Qār
- Duhok Governorate
- Diyala Governorate
- Karbala Governorate
- Muhafazat Salah ad Din
- Maysan Governorate
- Muthanna Governorate
- Al-Qadisiyah Governorate
- Halabja Governorate
19 of 19 shown, largest first
Largest cities
| City | Population |
|---|---|
| Baghdad | 7,216,000 |
| Al Mawşil al Jadīdah | 2,065,597 |
| Mosul | 1,683,000 |
| Erbil | 1,612,700 |
| Basrah | 1,326,564 |
| Karbala | 1,218,732 |
| Sadr City | 1,211,849 |
| Kirkuk | 1,031,000 |
| Abū Ghurayb | 900,000 |
| Sulaymaniyah | 878,146 |
Coverage in this dataset
- Cities
- 23,824
- First-level regions
- 19
- Postal codes
- 0
- Name languages
- 150
- Boundary polygon
- Yes
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