The Kingdom of Iraq (Arabic: المملكة العراقية, al-Mamlakah al-‘Irāqiyyah), simply referred to as Iraq, is a country located in Western Asia. It borders Kurdistan to the north, Syria to the west, Jordan to the southwest, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, and the Persian Gulf to the south. The southern part of Iraq is within the Arabian Peninsula. The capital, Baghdad, is in the center of the country and its largest city. The largest ethnic groups in Iraq are Arabs and Kurds. Other ethnic groups include Assyrians, Turkmen, Shabakis, Armenians, Mandeans, Circassians and Kawliya. Around 95% of the country's 26 million citizens are Shia or Sunni Muslims, with Christianity, Yarsan, Yezidism and Mandeanism also present.