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ECONOMIC CONDITION
AGRICULTURE AND IRRIGATION
Iraq is an important agricultural country in the Near East. Endowed with
distinct climatic conditions and topography, it grows a large variety of crops,
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and could supply the needs of the country at all seasons because of the high
fertility of the soil, the rainfall and rivers which are sufficient for permanent
cultivation. These essential elements for agriculture have been the reasons lead-
ing the people to acquire agriculture as their main occupation, since the dawn of
history. They specialized in numer-
ous crops and the breeding of ani-
mals, among the latter sheep, cattle,
THE PORT OF BASRAII
water buffalos, camels, and the
famous Arabian horses.
Iraq has also two of the most important airports in the Near East, namely,
To reach their goal the country
the Baghdad and Basrah airports which are equipped with the most modern
had to be irrigated. Therefore the
facilities and necessities for air traffic from the West to the East and vice versa.
Iraqi people acquired that sense of
HIGHWAYS-The network of highways in Iraq is expanding. At present
engineering which ultimately led
there are about 4000 miles of all weather motor traffic roads, connecting most of
them to establish their network of
the towns and all the districts and provinces, in addition to the temporary
canals in their early history, and to
seasonal ones. Iraq is connected with the neighboring countries by a web
build the dams, bunds, barrages,
of motor car roads.
and regulators to control their
BRIDGES-Du to the terrain, with its many rivers, tributaries, and
waters.
valleys it has been found necessary to build many modern bridges in order to
AN IRRIGATION DAM
complete these highways.
MINERALS
IMPORTS AND EXPORTS
Iraq is rich in minerals. Petroleum is the most abundant and valuable
of its raw materials and is found in all parts of the country. Other minerals
The geographical situation of Iraq as a center of communication between
are tar (the production of which is more than sufficient for the country's roads)
the East and the West, between Asia Minor and India, between Iran and Syria,
sulphur, coal, salt, iron, lead and copper.
allows the country to play a dominant part in the trade of that region.
The main imported commodities are cotton, silk and woolen textile goods;
COMMUNICATIONS
machinery, motor cars, sugar, metals, timber.
The exported goods are wheat, dates, barley, corn, liquorice, wool, cotton,
RAILWAYS-Irad has 1200 miles of railway connecting the main important
hides, sheep, goats, horses and cattle.
cities from south to north and from east to west. The interior lines are of the
meter gauge, and the Baghdad-Europe lines are of the standard gauge.
RIVERS-Among the most important arteries of communication are the
Tigris and Euphrates. The Tigris is navigable from Basrah to Baghdad, a
distance of nearly 550 miles, winter and summer to large river steamers and from
Baghdad to Mosul in the north to small river craft. The Euphrates is navigable
to small river craft all the year round.
PORTS-The Port of Basrah is the main port of Iraq and is situated on the
Shatt-Al-Arab River. It is also one of the most important ports in the Near
East since it has all the accommodations and facilities necessary to receive the
largest ocean steamers. Other cities and towns on the rivers, such as Baghdad,
Mosul, Amara on the Tigris and Hilla on the Euphrates are important for
interior commerce, and transportation.
The CIVIL AIRPORT OF BASRAH
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