Baghdad Governorate

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Baghdad Governorate محافظة بغداد Baghdad Province
Governorate
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Nickname:  City of Peace (Madinat Al Salam)
Baghdad Governorate
Coordinates: 33°20′N 44°26′E / 33.333°N 44.433°E / 33.333; 44.433
Country	Iraq
Capital	Baghdad
Government
• Governor	Abdul Muttalib Al Alwi
• Mayor of Baghdad	Ammar Moussa Kadhim
Area
• Governorate	204.2 km2 (78.8 sq mi)
• Urban	500 km2 (200 sq mi)
• Metro	4,555 km2 (1,759 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Governorate	8,780,422
• Density	43,000/km2 (110,000/sq mi)
• Urban	7,682,136
• Urban density	15,000/km2 (40,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)
Postal codes	10025–10043[citation needed]
ISO 3166 code	IQ-BG
HDI (2021)	0.704[2] high · 2nd of 18
Website	www.baghdad.gov.iq

Baghdad Governorate (Arabic: محافظة بغداد Muḥāfaẓat Baġdād), also known as the Baghdad Province, is the capital governorate of Iraq. It includes the capital Baghdad as well as the surrounding metropolitan area. The governorate is one of two small provinces of all 19 in Iraq into which the country divides entirely, yet by a margin of almost three-to-one, the most populous.

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Baghdad Governorate is one of the most developed parts of Iraq, with better infrastructure than much of Iraq, though heavily damaged from the US-led invasion in 2003 and continuing violence during the Iraq War. It used to have one of the highest rates for terrorism in the world with suicide bombers, however terrorist attacks have been rare since the territorial defeat of ISIL in Iraq in late 2017.

Baghdad has at least 12 bridges spanning the Tigris river - joining the east and west of the city. The governorate's northeast includes multiple Mesopotamian Marshes.

The Sadr City district is the most densely populated area in Iraq.

Baghdad is governed by the Baghdad Provincial Council. Representatives to the Baghdad Provincial Council were elected by their peers from the lower councils of the administrative districts in Baghdad in numbers proportional to the population of the various districts that were represented.

• Governor: Abdul Muttalib Al Alwi^[3]
• Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Riyadh Al Adhadh^{[citation needed]}

• Adhamiyah
• Karkh
• Karrada
• Kadhimiya
• Mansour
• Sadr City
• Al-Rashid
• Al-Rusafa
• New Baghdad
• Al-Ghazaliya

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1977	3,189,700	—
1987	3,841,268	+1.88%
1997	5,423,964	+3.51%
2009	6,702,538	+1.78%
2018	8,126,755	+2.16%
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org.
Source: Citypopulation[4]

• Iraq portal

• http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/
• Baghdad-Denver Region Partnership