Baghdad
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Summary
Baghdad is a big city[1]. Baghdad ranks in the top 4% of big city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,269 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Creative Cities Network[3], League of Historical Cities[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Baghdad Governorate[5]
- Country: Iraq[6]
- Located in or next to body of water: Tigris[7]
- Head of government: Manhal Al habbobi[8], Ammar Moussa Kadhum[9]
- Continent: Asia[10]
- Instance of: largest city[11], federal capital[12]
- Official language: Kurdish[13], Arabic[14]
- Founder: Al-Mansur[15]
- Twinned administrative body: Amman[16], Beirut[17], Cairo[18], Damascus[19], Sanaa[20], Tehran[21], Jeddah[22], Concord[23], Rabat[24], Pavlodar[25], Pyongyang[26], Dubai[27], Gaziantep[28]
- Postal code: 10001–10090[29]
- Commons category: Baghdad[30]
- Located in time zone: UTC+03:00[31]
- Local dialing code: 1[32]
- Inception: 762[33]
- Significant event: Siege of Baghdad (1733)[34], Capture of Baghdad (1638)[35], Capture of Baghdad[36], Siege of Baghdad[37], Siege of Baghdad (1157)[38], Siege of Baghdad (812-813)[39], Battle of Baghdad[40]
- Official website: https://amanatbaghdad.gov.iq[41]
- Topic's main category: Category:Baghdad[42]
- Commons gallery: بغداد[43]
- Population: 8,126,755[44], 6,960,000[45], 3,841,268[46], 1,523,302[47], 490,496[48]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: بوابة:بغداد[49]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[50], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[51], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[52], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[53], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[54], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[55], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[56], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[57], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[58], History of Ming[59]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Baghdad include Baghdad International Airport[60], an international airport[61], in Iraq[62], founded in 1987[63]; Bağdat Avenue[64], a street[65], in Turkey[66]; Bagdad[67], a town[68], in Australia[69]; and Al-Zaura[70], a newspaper[71], in Ottoman Iraq[72], founded in 1869[73].
Why It Matters
Baghdad has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[74] Baghdad is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[75]
Entities named for Baghdad include Baghdad International Airport[60], an international airport[61], in Iraq[62], founded in 1987[63]; Bağdat Avenue[64], a street[65], in Turkey[66]; Bagdad[67], a town[68], in Australia[69]; and Al-Zaura[70], a newspaper[71], in Ottoman Iraq[72], founded in 1869[73].