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| - CAPITAL: Baghdad - POPULATION, 20,000,000 - TOTAL AREA: 436,245 sq km (168,435 sq mi) |
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| - INDUSTRIES: petroleum production and refining,
chemicals, textiles, construction materials, food processing |
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| - EXECUTIVE BRANCH: president, vice president, chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, vice chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council, prime minister, first deputy prime minister, Council of Ministers | - TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: Baghdad--national museum, Arch of Ctesiphon, Kadhimain mosque, folklore museum, ruins of Babylon, ziggurat in Ur; Ninevah, Karbala. |
| - TIME: 8 hours ahead of U.S. Eastern Standard Time, and 3 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time. | |
