What % of Iraq lives in the Sunni Triangle?

[shockingelk]

I've read that most of Iraq lives in the Sunni Triangle ... the only info I can find to back that up is the population of Baghdad (25% of Iraq) and a population density map (Choose the "Population density--Iraq--Maps." link: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/gnrlmapSubjects06.html zoom in on the only map that doesn't share a border with the image - that's the population density map.)

Anybody know where or how I can find out how many Iraqis live in the "Sunni Triangle"?

[sistersofmercy]

1. No link but read somewhere 60%

[alcuno]

2. I have been emailing Aaron Brown about this.

I want to know how many people live in the "Sunni Triangle." That term makes it seen like a small number, but Fallujah, for example, has a population of 270,000. They keep refering to it as a town. How many "towns" in the US have 270,000 people? I'm in a "city" of 78,000.

I agree with the 60% number which puts it around 15,000,000 people.

[Aidoneus]

3. that is not true

Most of Iraq's population lives between Baghdad & al-Basrah, some 60-70% of Iraq's people in that area (counting Baghdad's population); the majority of the population in the most populated area is Shia (around 55-60% of Iraq's total population).

The so-called "Sunni Triangle" (a propaganda term invented by the occupation authorities and their media lackeys) has around 25-35% of the population, and many Shia live in the area as well. Contrary to the "everything is going great, nothing to see here people, hail Dear Leader W" line of propaganda put forth, the fighting is not limited to this area.

Baghdad was estimated to have around 5-6mil people (no telling if it's that much now), or around 1/5->1/4 of Iraq's people. Around 2mil of it Shia (the majority of them are assumed to be supporters of the anti-occupation leader Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr), 1-2mil of the city is Kurdish.

this shows the breakdowns and has some population figures (remove the space between ".edu/" and "maps/" to view):--
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/ maps/middle_east_and_asia/iraq_ethno_2003.jpg

this one shows detailed population density, also has the populations of the 10 largest cities (again remove the same space to view):--
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/ maps/middle_east_and_asia/iraq_pop_2003.jpg

this has a listing of the populations of the major cities,
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/city.htm

[Aidoneus]

4. kick for the morning

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