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The Iraq Flag is not yet officially adopted although a new flag was proposed in April 2004. The proposed New Iraq flag is a modified version of that one which introduced on January 14, 1991. The flag of Iraq is consists of three equal horizontal stripes of red which is located at the top, white, and black. The red color stand for courage, the white stands for generosity, black recalls the many triumphs of Islam, and green is symbolic of the Islam religion. In the center of the white horizontal line there are three green five-pointed stars. The phrase Allahu Akbar which means God is great; in green Arabic script was added in the year of 1991, in the middle of three stars.

Official Name: Jumhouriya al Iraqia

Capital: Baghdad

Location: Iraq has a short coastline on the Persian Gulf in the southeast. It is bounded by Turkey to the north Iran to the northeast Kuwait to the south east Saudi Arabia to the south and Jordan and Syria to the west.

Area: 437072 Sq. km.

Official Language: Arabic

National Flag. Three horizontal stripes of red, white black with three green stars on the white stripe.

Flag Ratio: 2:3

National Anthem: Ardulfurataini Watan(Land of Two Rivers) 1981