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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Iraq<br />
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| settlement_type = village<br />
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| pushpin_map = India Punjab#India<br />
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Punjab, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|30.905097|N|76.146044|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Ludhiana district|Ludhiana]]<br />
| subdivision_type3 = [[Community development block in India|Block]]<br />
| subdivision_name3 = [[Machhiwara]]<br />
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| population_total = approximately 800<br />
| population_as_of = 2011<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Hindi]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 141115<br />
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'''Iraq''' is a village in the [[Ludhiana district]] of [[Punjab, India]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iay.nic.in/netiay/benf_lvl2.aspx?scheme=2&page=p&fin_year=2012-2013&state_name=PUNJAB&state_code=26&district_name=LUDHIANA&block_name=MACHHIWARA&panchayat_code=2604006040&panchayat_name=Iraq&shortname=PB |title= Rural Housing Report for Financial year 2012-2013 |publisher=Government of India |accessdate=2014-06-19 }}</ref> It is located in the [[Machhiwara]] block, around 30&nbsp;km from the [[Ludhiana]] city.<ref name="ToI_model_2014">{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Punjabs-Iraq-craves-to-be-role-model-of-peace/articleshow/36785283.cms |title=Punjab’s Iraq craves to be role model of peace |newspaper=The Times of India |date=2014-06-18 |author=Shariq Majeed}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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The village gets its name from "Irakh", the Arabic word for a wild [[bull]] breed. The animal was used by the Muslim villagers to cross a seasonal stream on the outskirts of the village. Over time, the pronunciation of the village's name gradually changed to "Iraq". The Muslim villagers migrated to [[Sialkot]] after the [[partition of India]] in 1947.<ref name="ToI_model_2014"/><br />
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== Demographics ==<br />
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As of 2014, the village has around 800 inhabitants. Most of the villagers work as farmers or as workers in the spinning mills located around the Machiwara-Ludhiana Road.<ref name="ToI_model_2014"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Villages in Ludhiana district]]</div>AntoniettaWhitco