The Ministry of Planning announced today, Sunday, the launch of the numbering and enumeration phase for the population census, which will last for two months. The ministry stated in a statement, "This phase includes a comprehensive numbering and enumeration of housing, buildings and facilities in all governorates of Iraq, with the participation of more than 30,000 trained and qualified researchers, distributed throughout the country to implement this vital task." The statement added, "During this phase, all housing, buildings and facilities will be visited to number and enumerate them and determine their occupancy, specifications and characteristics in order to prepare the framework for the census phase, which will be implemented on 11-20-2024." It pointed out that "the most prominent features of this stage are: packaging shops and villages and dividing them into small blocks, through which each researcher can number and list all homes, buildings and facilities within the scope of his work responsibility. N umbering buildings: Numbering all residential and non-residential buildings and facilities in a systematic manner that facilitates the process of determining locations and providing various services. Population census: Data will be collected on the number of families and their members, and workers in facilities according to gender, nationality and work sectors. The ministry called on "honorable families and all citizens to cooperate with researchers and provide the required information with complete transparency, because it will benefit everyone and represent a qualitative shift in the census process, to provide accurate data that will contribute to building a better future for Iraq." According to the statement, the General Authority for Statistics and Geographic Information Systems called on "all media outlets to contribute to educating citizens about the importance of the census, and encouraging them to participate effectively in this national project." Source: National Iraqi News Agency