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Baghad (Arabic: بغداد‎ Baġdād) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, which it is coterminous with. With a municipal population estimated at 7,000,000, it is the largest city in Iraq. It is the second-largest city in the Arab World (after Cairo) and the second-largest city in southwest Asia (after Tehran).

Trivia about baghdad

  • A 1958 coup in this city ended a monarchy; 10 years of political turmoil followed, then 35 years of dictatorship
  • During the Gulf War, foreign journalists used this city's Al-Rashid Hotel as their base of operations
  • Once part of the Ottoman Empire, it became capital of Iraq in 1921
  • Fabled city of Arabian Nights' caliph Harun-al-Rashid where Israelis bombed nuclear reactor in 1981
  • In a 1940 film Sabu was "The Thief of" this city
  • Capital city that fell to U.S. troops in April 2003
  • It's a Middle East capital
  • In 1401 Tamerlane sacked this city that's now the capital of Iraq
  • The controversial Ahmed Chalabi
  • In 1534 the Ottomans captured this city, as some wanted Gen. Schwarzkopf to do in 1991
  • This capital has 2 districts: Karkh on the west bank of the Tigris & Rusafah on the east
  • "Hands of Victory", giant crossed swords made from melted guns used in the war against Iran, dominate this city's skyline
  • The ruins of the ancient city of Babylon are located just south of this capital city
  • It's served by Saddam International Airport
  • The musical "Kismet" opens at dawn in this ancient city
  • Both in size & population it's by far the largest city in Iraq
  • In 1917 the British took the town of Al-Kut on the Tigris on their march to take this, now a capital city
  • It fell to British troops in 1917 & to U.S. troops on April 9, 2003
  • (I'm Richard Roth of CNN.) In a 2002 HBO film recounting events of the first Persian Gulf War, Hamish Linklater played me in "Live from" this capital
  • The name of this Iraqi capital is Persian for "God-given"
  • This Iraqi capital was founded on the western bank of the Tigris River in 762 A.D. by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mansur
  • $1 billion was stolen from this city's central bank March 18, 2003, shortly before U.S. bombing began
  • In 762 Al-Mansur established this city on the Tigris River as the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate
  • The ancient "Lion of Nimrud" went missing from this city's National Museum in 2003 (along with a lot of other stuff)
  • Logically enough, it's the province where Iraq's capital is located
  • A work symbolizing freedom & unity by Bassem Al-Dawiri (replacing a guy who got toppled)
  • Around 1901 archaeologist Gertrude Bell excavated many of the ruins of Iraq & later began this city's Natl. Museum

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