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36.771397 43.303344 5 Lalish - Home to the holiest temple of the Yazidis.

35.588056 42.718333 4 Hatra - once a UNESCO World Heritage site, this formerly well-preserved Parthian city off in the desert contained quite possibly Iraq's most magnificent ruins, which were severely damaged or destroyed by Da'esh extremists in 2015.

33.093611 44.580833 3 Ctesiphon - the ancient capital of the Parthian and Sassanid Empires left us with magnificent, towering ruins, most notably of the magnificent Arch of Ctesiphon just across the Tigris is the archaeological site of the ancient Hellenistic city of Seleucia.

32.541781 44.431644 2 Babylon (بابل) - damaged by inept reconstruction, looting, and military negligence, the ruins of ancient Babylon are still some of the most impressive in the Cradle of Civilization.

35.456667 43.2625 1 Ashur - former capital of the Assyrian Empire and UNESCO World Heritage site, this is one of the country's few great archaeological sites that has benefited from the latest invasion-the Hussein government planned to create a dam nearby that would have flooded and utterly destroyed the site.

36.366667 43.116667 9 Mosul (موصل) - Once an important city in Iraq and containing the ancient ruins of Nineveh, now left mostly in ruins after battles with ISIL.

35.466667 44.4 8 Kirkuk (كركوك) - an important cultural capital to the Kurds, Turkmen and Iraqis.The Arbaeen pilgrimage brings millions of Muslims to the Imam Husayn Shrine here every year. 33.35 43.783333 6 Fallujah (الفلّوجة) - a city with over 200 mosques now better known for the sieges and battles fought here.30.515 47.81 3 Basra (البَصرة) - large port city with extremely hot climate.It also serves as Iraq's main access to the sea. The Cradle of Civilization itself, home to major Shia cities and holy sites, such as Karbala, Najaf, Basra, and Nasiriyah, as well as legendary ruins of ancient civilizations, including Babylon and Sumerian Ur. The area is very mountainous with a beautiful scenery and the climate tends to be milder than in other parts of Iraq. Home to the Kurdish people (as well as Iraqi Turkmens and Assyrian Christians), and largely under the administration of what is for all intents and purposes a separate national government, this is the safest region of Iraq for travel. The vast, sparsely-populated desert region in the west and southwest of the country.

The belts of suburbs, towns, and cities radiating out from the centre of Baghdad. An Assyrian/Chaldean minority exists primarily in the north. The land north and northwest of Baghdad, between and around the upper Tigris and Euphrates rivers. The Iraqis are friendly and hospitable people in fact, you might be showered with a lot of hospitality and care, even if you unintentionally make a few cultural blunders. Most Iraqis are Shia Muslims, just like their Iranian counterparts. Islam is the state religion, but the country recognises many different religions. Other prominent ethnic groups include Kurds, Armenians, Assyrians, and Turkmens. Iraq is a melting pot of different cultures, with the Arabs being the largest ethnic group.

Negative facts aside, Iraq is home to several Islamic sites such as Najaf and Karbala and this country has a lot to offer to the adventurous, thrill-seeking traveller. The political situation is volatile, and the country suffers from a plethora of social problems such as warfare, corruption, terrorism, and poverty. Once the site of ancient Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilisation, the country has been in a state of flux since the 1980s. Iraq ( Arabic: العراق Al-Irāq, Kurdish: عێراق Êraq) is a republic in the Middle East.