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Absolute Location[[image:Iraq_map.png width="149" height="160" align="right" caption="Iraq Map" link="http://static.newworldencyclopedia.org/e/ee/Iraq_map.png"]]
Iraq - 33 00 N, 44 00 E Afghanistan -33 00 N, 65 00 E Vietnam - 16 10 N, 107 50 E

Relative Location
Iraq ==== - Middle East, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iran and Kuwait Afghanistan -Southern Asia, north and west of Pakistan, east of Iran Vietnam -Southeastern Asia, bordering the Gulf of Thailand, Gulf of Tonkin, and South China Sea, alongside China, Laos, and Cambodia

Comparative Study
==== Vietnam and Iraq/ Afghanistan are basically almost on the total opposite end of the world. Vietnam is located more on a peninsula, while Iraq/ and Afghanistan are almost entirely landlocked. Vietnam is bordering only a few countries, but most its borders are to water. Iraq, and Afghanistan are basically surrounded by neighbors, with only one or two ways to a water source.