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Baghdad
—  Ceety  —
بغداد Baġdād
Baghdad owerleukin the Tigris
Baghdad is located in Iraq
Baghdad
Coordinates: 33°20′00″N 44°26′00″E / 33.3333333°N 44.4333333°E / 33.3333333; 44.4333333
Kintra Banner o Iraq Iraq
Province Baghdad
Established 762 AD
Foonder Abu Jafar al-Mansour
Govrenment
 - Mayor Saber Nabet Al-Essawi
Aurie
 - Tot 2,260.2 km2 (872.7 sq mi)
Hicht 34 m (112 ft)
Indwallers
 - Estimate (2011) 7,216,040
 - Rank 1st
  [1][2]
Time zone Arabie Staundart Time (UTC+3)
 - Simmer (DST) No DST (UTC)

Baghdad (Persie[3][4][5][6]; Arabic: بغداد‎, Baġdād, IPA: [bæɣˈdæːd]) is the caipital o Iraq an o Baghdad Province, wi whilk it is coterminous. Haein a population estimatit atween 7 an 7.5 million, it is the lairgest ceety in Iraq[1][2] an the seicont lairgest ceety in the Arab Warld (efter Cairo, Egyp).

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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References[edit]

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  3. ;;A Concise Pahlavi Dictionary. MacKenzie. Routledge Publications 2000
  4. ما معنى اسم مدينة بغداد ومن سماه ؟. Seenjeem.maktoob.com. Retrieved on 27 Apryle 2010. .
  5. ما معنى (بغداد)؟ - تمت الإجابة عنه - Google إجابات. Egabat.google.com. Retrieved on 27 Apryle 2010. .
  6. Guy Le Strange, Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate from Contemporary Arabic and Persian, p. 10
  7. Twinning the Cities. City of Beirut. Retrieved on 13 Januar 2008. .
  8. Iraqi capital of Baghdad twinned with North Yemen counterpart of Sanaa [Yemen news items 1989:Twinning]
  9. http://www.neishabourcity.com/shahrdari/index.php