Population Distribution and the Agricultural Regions of 'Iraq

for 'Iraq. Computation of revised results has been delayed by the time needed to train a staff and to obtain machinery; publication, by congestion in the Government Press at Baghdad. For the present article, revised results were obtained in manuscript from the Census Department for all except four of the liwas. For the remainder, provisional results were used. Separate totals were obtained for liwas, for qadhas (to the number of three or four in each liwa), and nahirs (or subdistricts, generally two to four in a qadha). The number of administrative units plotted-i.e. the number of nahirs-is i65. In addition to the population tables for administrative divisions, separate returns for towns exceeding 3000 were obtained, and where necessary were subtracted from the totals for nahirs to compute the sedentary rural population. The i : i,ooo,ooo Map of 'Iraq (in Arabic) was used as base. This is published by the Survey Department, Baghdad, in four sheets, and shows communications, administrative centers, and the boundaries of the liwas. From the series of liwa maps on larger scales (I 250,000 and I :500,000) published by the same authority (in Arabic), boundaries of qadhas and nahirs were transferred to the base map. The distribution of dots denoting sedentary rural population conforms to villages on the liwa maps, which provide a means of reference to most permanent settlements in the country. The symbols denoting nomad population within the liwas of Mosul, Dulaim, and Karbala have been conventionally located in the midst of the areas within these liwas that are without permanent settlement. Towns of 3000-5000 are shown conventionally by a square appropriate to a population of

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