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Baghdad has at least 12 bridges spanning the Tigris river - joining the east and west of the city. The governorate's northeast includes multiple Mesopotamian Marshes . The Sadr City district is the most densely populated area in Iraq.
English: National IQ scores as estimated by Lynn and Vanhanen in their book IQ and Global Inequality. Compared to the previous, PNG version, this SVG version has a consistent legend (one bucket is missing it the PNG version). Adjustments: data for South Sudan are from Sudan and data for Montenegro are from Serbia. Data used for generating the map:
The province is named after the historical city of Al-Qādisiyah, the site of the Battle of al-Qādisiyah, where in 636 CE the Islamic Rashidun forces defeated the forces of the Sassanid Empire. The governorate is predominantly Shia Arab. It includes the Mesopotamian marsh of Hor Aldelmj.
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.
The city suffered heavy damage during the Gulf War. It was a major center for the 1991 and 1999 uprisings in Iraq. Basra was the first city to be occupied by the coalition forces, during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Since the end of the war, Basra's prosperity has gathered numerous population.
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City map of Stavanger ().. A city map is a large-scale thematic map of a city (or part of a city) created to enable the fastest possible orientation in an urban space.The graphic representation of objects on a city map is therefore usually greatly simplified, and reduced to generally understood symbology.
Najaf [a] is the capital city of the Najaf Governorate in central Iraq, about 160 km (99 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2024 is about 1.41 million people. [ 1 ] It is widely considered amongst the holiest cities of Shia Islam and one of its spiritual capitals, as well as the center of Shia political power in Iraq.