Baghdad
Baghdad (Persie; Arabic: بغداد, Baġdād, IPA: ) is the caipital o Iraq an o Baghdad Province, wi whilk it is coterminous.
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Haein a population estimatit atween 7 an 7.5 million, it is the lairgest ceety in Iraq an the seicont lairgest ceety in the Arab Warld (efter Cairo, Egyp).
Baghdad | |
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Ceety | |
| بغداد Baġdād | |
 Baghdad owerleukin the Tigris | |
  Baghdad | |
| Coordinates: 33°20′00″N 44°26′00″E / 33.33333°N 44.43333°E | |
| Kintra |  Iraq |
| Province | Baghdad |
| Established | 762 AD |
| Foondit bi | Abu Jafar al-Mansour |
| Govrenment | |
| • Teep | Mayor-cooncil |
| • Bodi | Baghdad Ceety Advisory Cooncil |
| • Mayor | Saber Nabet Al-Essawi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2260.2 km2 (872.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 34 m (112 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Estimate (2011) | 7,216,040 |
| • Rank | 1st |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (Arabie Staundart Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | No DST |
Locatit on the River Tigris, the ceety dates back tae the 8t century. Baghdad haes a past as a centre o the Arab an Muslim warld especially durin the Abbasid Caliphate.
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