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  2. Baghdad - Wikipedia

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    Baghdad [note 1] (Arabic: بغداد‎, Baghdād) is the capital and largest city of Iraq, located along the Tigris in the central part of the country. With a population exceeding 7 million, it ranks among the most populous cities in the Middle East and Arab World and forms 22% of the country's population.

  3. Al-Za'franiya - Wikipedia

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    Al-Za'franiya district (Arabic: نَاحِيَة الزَّعْفَرَانِيَّة) is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. [1] It is located in the south-east of Baghdad at the confluence of the Tigris and Diyala rivers. It is the main southern entrance to the city of Baghdad, located on the main road that connects the provinces south of Baghdad.

  4. Dora, Baghdad - Wikipedia

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    Dora (also al-Dura, or ad-Durah, Arabic: الدورة) is a neighborhood in Al Rashid administrative district, southern Baghdad, Iraq. Before the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, it was home to the city's largest concentration of Christian Assyrians, as well as Mandaeans and Muslim families.

  5. Forward Operating Base Freedom - Wikipedia

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    Forward Operating Base Freedom was a small United States Army base located inside the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq. The base was located along the west bank of the Tigris River , immediately east of the 14th of July Bridge .

  6. Green Zone - Wikipedia

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    The Green Zone (Arabic: المنطقة الخضراء, romanized: al-minṭaqah al-ḫaḍrā) is the most common name for the International Zone of Baghdad. It is a 10-square-kilometer (3.9 sq mi) area in the Karkh district of central Baghdad , Iraq , and the seat of the Iraqi government .

  7. Geography of Iraq - Wikipedia

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    Overview map of Iraq Topography of Iraq. The geography of Iraq is diverse and falls into five main regions: the desert (west of the Euphrates), Upper Mesopotamia (between the upper Tigris and Euphrates rivers), the northern highlands of Iraq, Lower Mesopotamia, and the alluvial plain extending from around Tikrit to the Persian Gulf.

  8. Karrada - Wikipedia

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    Karrada district (Arabic: كرّادة Karrāda) is a large district in the city of Baghdad, Iraq. An upper-class district, it is divided into western ( Karkh ) and eastern side ( Rusafa ) by the Tigris , known as Karrada Maryam and Eastern Karrada respectively.

  9. Administrative districts in Baghdad - Wikipedia

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    The districts of Baghdad. There are nine administrative districts in the city of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, that correspond to the nine district advisory councils. The Baghdad Security Plan used these nine districts as the nine security districts. These were formed in 2003 following the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.