Baghdad

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).

Baghdad
Ceety
بغداد Baġdād
Baghdad owerleukin the Tigris
Baghdad
Coordinates: 33°20′00″N 44°26′00″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
	[1][2]
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.

Sister ceeties

• Amman, Jordan
• Beirut, Lebanon^[7]
• Dubai, Unitit Arab Emirates
• Sana'a, Yemen^[8]
• Nishapur, Iran^[9]
• Pyongyang, North Korea
• Basra, Iraq