The of anthropogenous factors on the (Baghdad - Kirkuk) road

Abstract

This research aims to highlight the role of anthropogenous factors on the highway of the study area (Baghdad-Kirkuk road), because this highway has a strategic importance. It is a link artery between the capital, Baghdad, and the northern governorates. The population density according to the study districts is (241.46) people per linear kilometer of the road, while the study showed that the large population density of the urban population per linear kilometer included the Kirkuk district, was 4329.9, for the large population density of the rural population per linear kilometer. It included the district of Khalis, which amounted to (1018.7), and the study also showed the effect of the highway and its role in increasing the number of daily trips resulting from the presence of many areas and religious shrines. This road is important and it has a great effect on economic agricultural, industrial and tourism activities.