MIDDLE EAST - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Egypt - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces: Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi (2011)

President: Gen. Abdel Fattah el-Sisi (2014)

Prime Minister: Ibrahim Mehlib (interim; 2014)

Land area: 384,344 sq mi (995,451 sq km);

total area: 386,662 sq mi (1,001,450 sq km)

Population (2012 est.): 83,688,164 (growth rate: 1.92%); birth rate: 24.22/1000; infant mortality rate: 24.23/1000; life expectancy: 72.93; density per sq km: 82

Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Cairo, 10,902,000

Other large cities: Alexandria, 4,387,000; Giza, 2,597,600 (part of Cairo metro. area); Shubra el Khema, 1,018,000 (part of Cairo metro. area); El Mahalla el Kubra, 462,300

Monetary unit: Egyptian pound

Turkey - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2014)

Prime Minister: Ahmet Davutoglu (2014)

Land area: 297,591 sq mi (770,761 sq km); total area: 301,382 sq mi (780,580 sq km)

Population (July 2014 est.): 81,619,392 (growth rate: 1.12%); birth rate: 16.86/1000; infant mortality rate: 21.43/1000; life expectancy: 73.29

Capital (2011 est.): Ankara, 4.194 million

Largest cities: Istanbul, 11.253 million; Izmir, 2.927 million; Bursa, 1.713 million; Adana, 1.468 million, Gaziantep 1.198 million.

Monetary unit: Turkish lira (YTL)

Iran - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Chief of State: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (1989)

President: Hassan Rouhani (2013)

Land area: 631,659 sq mi (1,635,999 sq km);

total area: 636,293 sq mi (1,648,000 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 80,840,713 (growth rate: 1.22%); birth rate: 18.23/1000; infant mortality rate: 39/1000; life expectancy: 70.89

Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Tehran, 7.304 million

Other large cities: Mashhad 2.713 million; Esfahan 1.781 million; Karaj 1.635 million; Tabriz 1.509 million; Shiraz 1.321 million (2011)

Monetary unit: Rial

Saudi Arabia - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Sovereign: King Abdullah (2005)

Land area: 829,995 sq mi (2,149,690 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 27,345,986 (growth rate: 1.49%); birth rate: 18.78/1000; infant mortality rate: 14.58/1000; life expectancy: 74.82; density per sq mi: 31

Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Riyadh, 5.451 million

Other large cities: Jeddah, 3.578 millioin; Makkah (Mecca), 1.591 million

Monetary unit: Riyal

Iraq - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Fouad Massoum (2014)

Prime Minister: Haider al-Abadi (2014)

Land area: 167,556 sq mi (433,970 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 32,585,692 (growth rate: 2.23%); birth rate: 26.85/1000; infant mortality rate: 37.53/1000; life expectancy: 71.42

Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Baghdad, 6.036 million

Largest cities: Mosul 1.494 million; Erbil 1.039 million; Basra 942,000; As Sulaymaniyah 867,000; Najaf 779,000

Monetary unit: U.S. dollar

Yemen - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Abdel Rabbo Mansour Hadi (2012)

Prime Minister: Khaled Bahah (2014)

Total area: 203,849 sq mi (527,969 sq km)

Population (2012 est.): 24,771,809 (growth rate: 2.575%); birth rate: 32.57/1000; infant mortality rate: 53.5/1000; life expectancy: 64.11; density per sq mi: 115.7

Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Sanaá, 1,937,451

Other large cities: Aden, 568,700; Hodiedah, 426,100; Tiaz, 317,600

Monetary unit: Rial

The history of Yemen dates back to the Minaean (1200–650 B.C. ) and Sabaean (750–115 B.C. ) kingdoms. Ancient Yemen (centered around the port of Aden) engaged in the lucrative myrrh and frankincense trade.

Syria - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Bashar al-Assad (2000)

Prime Minister: Riyad Farid Hijab (2012)

Land area: 71,062 sq mi (184,051 sq km);

total area: 71,498 sq mi (185,180 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 17,951,639 (growth rate: -9.73%); birth rate: 22.76/1000; infant mortality rate: 15.79/1000; life expectancy: 68.41; density per sq mi: 306.5

Capital (2011 est.): Damascus, 2.65 million

Other large cities: Aleppo, 3.164 million; Hims, 1.369 million; Hamah, 933,000

Monetary unit: Syrian pound

United Arab Emirates(Dubai) - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan (2004)

Prime Minister: Sheikh Muhammad ibn Rashid al-Maktoum (2006)

Total area: 32,278 sq mi (83,600 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 5,628,805 (growth rate: 2.71%); birth rate: 15.54/1000; infant mortality rate: 10.92/1000; life expectancy: 77.09; density per sq mi: 256

Capital (2012 est.): Abu Dhabi, 942,000

Largest city: Dubai, 1.978 million

Monetary unit: U.A.E. dirham

Israel - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President-elect: Reuven Rivlin (2014)

Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu (2009)

Land area: 7,849 sq mi (20,329 sq km);

total area: 8,019 sq mi (20,770 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 7,821,850 (growth rate: 1.46%); birth rate: 18.44/1000; infant mortality rate: 3.98/1000; life expectancy: 81.28

Capital and largest city (2009 est.): Jerusalem, 791,000 Note: Israel proclaimed Jerusalem as its capital in 1950, but the U.S., like nearly all other countries, maintains its embassy in Tel Aviv.

Other large cities: Tel Aviv-Yafo 3.381 million; Haifa 1.054 million

Monetary unit: Shekel

Jordan - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Ruler: King Abdullah II (1999)

Prime Minister: Abdullah Ensour (2012)

Land area: 34,286 sq mi (88,802 sq km);

total area: 34,495 sq mi (89,342 sq km) excludes West Bank

Population (2014 est.): 7,930,491 (growth rate: 3.86%); birth rate: 25.23/1000; infant mortality rate: 15.73/1000; life expectancy: 74.1

Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Amman, 1.179 million

Monetary unit: Jordanian dinar

National name: Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniya al-Hashimiyah

Current government officials

Languages: Arabic (official), English

Palestinian State (proposed) - The Wide Worlds Snaps

West Bank and Gaza Strip

President: Mahmoud Abbas (2005)

Prime Minister: Rami Hamdallah (2013)

Land area: West Bank: 2,178 sq mi (5,641 sq km);

total area: West Bank: 2,263 sq mi (5,860 sq km); Gaza Strip: 139 sq mi (360 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): West Bank: 2,514,845, Gaza Strip: 1,604,238 (growth rate: West Bank: 2.1%, Gaza Strip: 3.3%); birth rate: West Bank: 24.9/1000, Gaza Strip: 36.2/1000; infant mortality rate: West Bank: 15.4/1,000, Gaza Strip: 17.7/1000; life expectancy: West Bank: 74.8, Gaza Strip: 73.7; density per sq mi: West Bank: 1,164, Gaza Strip: 10,077. NOTE: figures above include approximately 8,000 Israeli settlers who evacuated the Gaza Strip in Aug. 2005.

Capital: Undetermined

Large cities (2003 est.): Gaza, 1,331,600 (metro. area), 407,600 (city proper), Hebron, 137,000; Nablus, 115,400

Monetary units: New Israeli shekels, Jordanian dinars, U.S. dollars

Lebanon - The Wide Worlds Snaps

President: Tammam Salam (acting) (2014)

Prime Minister: Tammam Salam (2014)

Land area: 3,950 sq mi (10,230 sq km);

total area: 4,015 sq mi (10,400 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 5,882,562 (growth rate: 9.37%); birth rate: 14.8/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.98/1000; life expectancy: 77.22

Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Beirut, 2.022 million

Monetary unit: Lebanese pound

Oman - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Sultan: Qabus ibn Sa'id (1970)

Total area: 82,031 sq mi (212,460 sq km)

Population (2010 est.): 2,967,717 (growth rate: 1.9%); birth rate: 23.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 16.8/1000; life expectancy: 74.1; density per sq mi: 15

Capital (2003 est.): Muscat, 797,000 (metro. area), 54,800 (city proper)

Monetary unit: Omani rial

Arabs migrated to Oman from the 9th century BC onward, and conversion to Islam occurred in the 7th century AD Muscat, the capital of the geographical area known as Oman, was occupied by the Portuguese from 1508 to 1648.

Kuwait - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Emir: Sheik Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah (2006)

Prime Minister: Sheikh Jabir al-Mubarak al-Hamad al-Sabah (2011)

Total area: 6,880 sq mi (17,819 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 2,742,711 (growth rate: 1.7%); birth rate: 20.26/1000; infant mortality rate: 7.51/1000; life expectancy: 77.64

Capital (2011 est.): Kuwait, 2.406 million

Monetary unit: Kuwaiti dinar (KD)

National name: Dawlat al-Kuwayt

Current government officials

Languages: Arabic (official), English

Qatar - The Wide Worlds Snaps

Emir: Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani (2013)

Prime Minister: Sheikh Abdullah ibn Nasser ibn Khalifah Al Thani (2013)

Total area: 4,416 sq mi (11,437 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 2,123,160 (growth rate: 3.58%); birth rate: 9.95/1000; infant mortality rate: 6.42/1000; life expectancy: 78.38; density per sq mi: 455

Capital (2011 est.): Doha, 567,000

Monetary unit: Qatari riyal

Qatar was once controlled by the sheikhs of Bahrain, but in 1867, war broke out between the people and their absentee rulers.

Bahrain - The Wide Worlds Snaps

King: Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah (1999)

Prime Minister: Khalifah ibn Sulman al-Khalifah (1970)

Land area: 239 sq mi (619 sq km);

total area: 257 sq mi (665 sq km)

Population (2014 est.): 1,314,089 (growth rate: 2.49%); birth rate: 13.92/1000; infant mortality rate: 9.68/1000; life expectancy: 78.58

Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Al-Manámah, 262,000

Monetary unit: Bahrain dinar

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