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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.
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Rank City or Town Governorate 1987 Census 2009 Estimate 2018 Estimate [1]; 1 Baghdad: Baghdad: 3,841,268 5,521,242 6,719,477 2 Mosul: Nineveh: 664,221 1,136,990
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Baghdad Governorate (Arabic: محافظة بغداد Muḥāfaẓat Baġdād), also known as the Baghdad Province, is the capital governorate of Iraq. It includes the capital Baghdad as well as the surrounding metropolitan area. The governorate is one of two small provinces of all 19 in Iraq into which the country divides entirely, yet by a ...
Baghdad is the capital and largest city of Iraq, home to over 8 million people. Starting in the 6th millennium BC, fertile plains between Iraq's Tigris and Euphrates rivers, referred to as Mesopotamia, fostered the rise of early cities, civilizations, and empires like Sumer, Akkad, and Assyria.
Baghdad is the capital city of Iraq. Bagdad may also refer to: Places. Other. Bagdad, Tasmania, Australia; Bagdad ... Search. Toggle the table of contents. Bagdad.
Mahmoudiyah 40 km south of Baghdad—Known as the “Gateway to Baghdad,” Lutifiyah area of southwest Baghdad; Mashada, 25 miles north of Baghdad [9] [10] Risafi—in northwestern Baghdad [11] Taji, Iraq (Arabic: تاجي) is an area approximately 20 miles north of Baghdad, and the site of a large U.S.-controlled military base.