Western Asia (Asia)

Iraq (Asia / Western Asia)

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Muḩāfaz̧at al Anbār (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

Geography of Iraq

The geography of Iraq is diverse. The country slopes from mountains over 3,000 meters (10,000 ft) above sea level along the border with Iran and Turkey to the remnants of reedy marshes in the southeast.

Baghdad (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

Baghdad ( ) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. It is the second-largest city in Southwest Asia after Tehran and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo, and the largest city in Iraq, with the 2003 population estimated at 5,772,000.

Fallujah (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

Fallujah (; sometimes transliterated as Falluja or Fallouja) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly 69km (43 miles) west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jewish academies for many centuries.

Ramadi (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

Ramădī (الرمادي) is a city in central Iraq, about 100 kilometers west of Baghdad. It is the capital of Al Anbar province.

Karbala (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

Karbalā’ ( also transliterated as Kerbala, Kerbela, or Karbila) is a city in Iraq, located about 100 km southwest of Baghdad at 32.61°N, 44.

Kufa (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

Kufa ( , anc. Persian name Surestan) is a city in modern Iraq, about 170 km south of Baghdad, and 10 km northeast of Najaf.

Baqubah (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

Baquba (بعقوبة; also transliterated as Ba'qubah and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate.

Babylon (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

Babylon was an ancient city in Mesopotamia, the ruins of which can be found in present-day Babil Province, Iraq, about 50 miles south of Baghdad.

Al Hillah (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

Al Hillah (Arabic: الحلة) is a city in central Iraq on the river Euphrates, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, with an estimated population of 364,700 in 1998. It is the capital of Babil province and is located near the ancient cities of Babylon, Borsippa and Kish.

Najaf (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

Najaf ( ) is a city in Iraq about 160 km south of Baghdad, located at 31.99°N 44.

Al Taqaddum

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Baghdad International Airport

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Osirak (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

Osirak, also spelled Osiraq, was a 40 MW light-water nuclear materials testing reactor (MTR) in Iraq. It was constructed by the Iraqi government at the Al Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center, 11 miles (18 km) south-east of Baghdad in 1977.

Ctesiphon (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

Ctesiphon (Parthian and Pahlavi: Tyspwn as well as Tisfun, , also known as in arabic Madain, Maden or Al-Mada'in) is one of the great cities of ancient Mesopotamia and the capital of the Parthian Empire and its successor, the Sassanid Empire, for more than 800 years located in the ancient Iranian province of Khvarvaran. It is first mentioned in the Book of Ezra of the Old Testament as Kasfia/Casphia (a derivative of the ethnic name, Kassite, and a cognate of Caspian [sea] and Qazvin [the city].

Ishtar Gate (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadrezzar II on the north side of the city.

Tower of Babel (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

According to the narrative in Genesis Chapter 11 of the Bible, the Tower of Babel was a tower built by a united humanity to reach the heavens. Because the hearts of men were said to be inherently evil and disobedient, they were striving to make a name for themselves instead of worshipping the God who created them.

Abu Ghraib prison (Asia / Western Asia / Iraq)

The Abu Ghraib prison (Arabic: سجن أبو غريب; also Abu Ghurayb) is in Abu Ghraib, an Iraqi city 32 km (20 mi) west of Baghdad. It became internationally known as a place where Saddam Hussein's government tortured and executed dissidents, and later as the site of Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal where the United States military's torture of Iraqi dissidents was revealed in a series of photographs published in worldwide news media.

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