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Baghdad,Iraq
by Ciprian Nuţescu

Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد‎ Baġdād) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. With a metropolitan area estimated at a population of 7,000,000, it is the largest city in Iraq.[1][2] It is the second-largest city in the Arab World (after Cairo) and the second-largest city in southwest Asia (after Tehran). Located on the Tigris River, the city dates back to at least the 8th century, and probably to pre-Islamic times. Once the center of Dar al-salam, the Muslim world, Baghdad has been a center of violent conflict since 2003 because of the ongoing Iraq War.

Updated Nov 25, 2011