Dates are a specialty of Iraq, which is also known as the land of dates.

The most common plant in Iraq is the date palm, and during the harvest season, dates are sold in local stalls and stores, and they are cheap and very sweet. For Iraqis to entertain guests, they also choose to use dates to make food, or make tea with dates.

Introduction of the origin of dates

Dates are planted in all parts of Iraq, with the largest number in Basra and Babylon provinces. Currently, there are about 100 million date palm trees in the world*** and Iraq has about 70 million of them.

Most of them are concentrated along the Shatt al-Arab, from Faw in the south to the Amarah River in the north, about 1-3 miles wide, the date palm grove stretches for 180 miles, where the hot and dry climate and irrigated land are most suitable for the date palm tree's longevity, and before 1980, this date palm grove belt had about 25-35 million trees. The Middle Euphrates, Baghdad, Nasiriyah, and Samawah regions of Iraq are also areas of dense date palm trees.