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Map 2. Ethnic distribution
Annex 4 | Maps
NOTES:
• There is little reliable demographic data for Iraq.
In addition, the most recent census in 1997 was
based on ethnicity only and did not record
confessional differences.
• Arab Shia estimated to be 60% of population.
• Many, especially in cosmopolitan areas such as
Baghdad and Basra are intermarried with
Sunni Arab.
• Unknown number of Kurdish Shia.
• Sunnis present in all Southern Provinces,
mainly in urban areas.
This map was produced from information used in the compilation of Iraq: Map Book, Defence Intelligence Staff, 17 March 2006.
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