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Baghdad Governorate in the nation of Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 and contains the conurbation
Conurbation

A conurbation is an urban area or agglomeration comprising a number of cities, large towns and larger urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area....
 of Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
. It includes the city of baghdad, as well as the surrounding metropolitan area
Metropolitan area

A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central city and their zone of influence....
, with includes Al-Mada'in
Al-Mada'in

Al-Mada'in is the name of an ancient urban complex along the Tigris, in present-day Iraq, that was the site of the cities of Seleucia and Ctesiphon, and was also referred to as Seleucia-Ctesiphon....
, Taji, Al Mahmudiyah
Mahmudiya (district)

Al-Mahmudiya is a district in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. It is centred around the town of Mahmoudiyah, Iraq.Mahmudiya District has approximately 550,000 inhabitants, about 92 percent of them Sunni Arabs and the rest mostly Shias....
 district (in the so-called "triangle of death") and Abu Ghraib
Abu Ghraib

The city of Abu Ghraib in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq is located just west of Baghdad's city center, or northwest of Baghdad International Airport....
 district . The governorate has a total area of , the smallest of the 18 governorates of Iraq but the most populous.


Governorate Description
Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
 governorate is considered one of the more developed parts of Iraq, with a better infrastructure than much of Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, though heavily damaged from the invasion in 2003 and continuing violence today.






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Baghdad Governorate in the nation of Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
 and contains the conurbation
Conurbation

A conurbation is an urban area or agglomeration comprising a number of cities, large towns and larger urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area....
 of Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
. It includes the city of baghdad, as well as the surrounding metropolitan area
Metropolitan area

A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence, or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central city and their zone of influence....
, with includes Al-Mada'in
Al-Mada'in

Al-Mada'in is the name of an ancient urban complex along the Tigris, in present-day Iraq, that was the site of the cities of Seleucia and Ctesiphon, and was also referred to as Seleucia-Ctesiphon....
, Taji, Al Mahmudiyah
Mahmudiya (district)

Al-Mahmudiya is a district in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. It is centred around the town of Mahmoudiyah, Iraq.Mahmudiya District has approximately 550,000 inhabitants, about 92 percent of them Sunni Arabs and the rest mostly Shias....
 district (in the so-called "triangle of death") and Abu Ghraib
Abu Ghraib

The city of Abu Ghraib in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq is located just west of Baghdad's city center, or northwest of Baghdad International Airport....
 district . The governorate has a total area of , the smallest of the 18 governorates of Iraq but the most populous.

Provincial Government

  • Governor: Hussein al-Tahan
  • Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Muin Hamid Abd al-Majid al-Kadhimi


Governorate Description


Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
 governorate is considered one of the more developed parts of Iraq, with a better infrastructure than much of Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, though heavily damaged from the invasion in 2003 and continuing violence today. Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
, even though considered the most heavily guarded area in Iraq, is still the scene of countless daily ambushes and attacks from Iraqi rebels directed towards Coalition troops. It also has one of the highest rates for terrorism in the world with bombs, suicide attackers, and hit squads operating in the city.

Baghdad has at least 12 bridges to join the east and west of the city separated by the river Tigris. The Sadr City district of the capital is the most densely populated area in Iraq home to around 900 thousand Shi'ite Muslims. In 1950 90% of the Baghdad's population was Sunnis Muslims, now 70% of Baghdad's population is Shi'ite Muslim with most of the rest Sunni. A sizeable Christian community also has a presence in Baghdad.

The capital is now in the middle of a power struggle with insurgents forcing out Shi'ite residents in some areas of western Baghdad where the Sunni sect is in the majority. After the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra, north of Baghdad, Shi'ite militias retaliated and forced out some Sunnis from predominantly Shi'ite areas.

Governorate Administration

Baghdad is governed by the Baghdad Provincial Council. Representatives to the Baghdad Provincial/Governorate Council were elected by their peers from the lower councils of the administrative districts in Baghdad
Administrative districts in Baghdad

There are nine municipal districts in the city of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, that correspond to the nine district advisory councils. The Operation Law and Order used these nine districts as the nine security districts....
 in numbers proportional to the population of the various districts that were represented.

The Districts of Baghdad City


  • Adhamiyah
    Adhamiyah

    Adhamiyah , also Azamiya, is neighborhood and a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq.Adhamiyah is located to the north-west of the city center and is a relatively upscale area with a predominately Sunni Islam Muslim population....
  • Sadr City/Thawra
    Sadr City

    Sadr City is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in 1959 by Prime Minister of Iraq Abd al-Karim Qasim and later unofficially renamed Sadr City after deceased Shia Islam leader Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr....
  • Rusafa
    Rusafa

    Al Rusafa or Rasafa is the east-bank settlement of Baghdad, Iraq, or the eastern shore of the river Tigris. It is also one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad....
  • New Baghdad/7 Nissan
  • Karadah
    Karadah

    Karadah, also spelled Karada or Kharadah, is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad in Baghdad, Iraq. It is located about a mile southeast of central Baghdad....
  • Kadhimiya
  • Mansour
    Mansour district

    Al Mansour district is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad in Baghdad, Iraq. It is named after al-Mansur, the second Abbasid Caliph and Baghdad#Foundation of Baghdad....
  • Karkh
    Karkh

    Karkh or Al-Karkh is historically the name of the western half of Baghdad, Iraq, or alternatively, the western shore of the river Tigris as it ran through Baghdad....
  • Rasheed
    Rasheed

    Rasheed or Al Rashid is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad in Baghdad, Iraq. Located in southern Baghdad, includes the Baiyaa and Dora neighborhoods....


Baghdad Suburbs

Baghdad has expanded into a bustling metropolis with suburbs spreading north and south:

  • Abu Ghraib
    Abu Ghraib

    The city of Abu Ghraib in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq is located just west of Baghdad's city center, or northwest of Baghdad International Airport....
  • Taji
  • Al-Mada'in
    Al-Mada'in

    Al-Mada'in is the name of an ancient urban complex along the Tigris, in present-day Iraq, that was the site of the cities of Seleucia and Ctesiphon, and was also referred to as Seleucia-Ctesiphon....
  • Mahmudiyah
  • Al Tarmia
    Al Tarmia

    Al Tarmia or Tarmiyah is a town in the Al Faris district of the Salah ad Din governate in Iraq. The area is a sparsely populated farming community....


Sister City

The Baghdad Governorate has a sister relationship
Town twinning

Town twinning, also known as sister cities, is a concept whereby towns or city in geographically and politically distinct areas are paired, with the goal of fostering human contact and cultural links between their inhabitants....
 with the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area
Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area

The Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area is a United States Census Bureau defined United States metropolitan area in the Colorado that includes the Denver, Colorado and nine suburban counties....
, based in Denver, Colorado
Denver, Colorado

Denver is the Capital and the Colorado municipalities of the state of Colorado, in the United States. Denver is a consolidated city-county located in the South Platte River on the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains....
, United States of America.

See also

  • Baghdad
    Baghdad

    Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....


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