Baghdad Governorate

Baghdad Governorate
محافظة بغداد
Baghdad Province
Governorate

Baghdad Governorate
Coordinates: 33°20′N 44°26′E / 33.333°N 44.433°E / 33.333; 44.433Coordinates: 33°20′N 44°26′E / 33.333°N 44.433°E / 33.333; 44.433
Country  Iraq
Capital Baghdad
Government
 • Governor Ali al-Tamimi
 • Mayor of Baghdad Zekra Alwach
Area
 • Total 407 km2 (157 sq mi)
Population (2012 Estimate)
 • Total 9,500,000
Time zone AST (UTC+3)
Website www.baghdad.gov.iq

Baghdad Governorate (Arabic: محافظة بغداد‎ Muḥāfaẓät Baġdād), also known as the Baghdad Province, is the capital governorate of Iraq. It includes the Baghdad as well as the surrounding metropolitan area. The province has a total area of 407 square kilometres (157 sq mi), the smallest of the 18 provinces of Iraq but the most populous.

Description

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 today. It also has one of the highest rates for terrorism in the world with suicide bombers and death squads operating in the city.

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.

Province Administration

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.

Government

Districts

Municipalities

Sister cities

The Baghdad Governorate has a sister relationship with the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area, in the United States of America.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/middleeast/news/article_1405616.php Archived May 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ http://www.centcom.mil/en/news/2325.html Archived June 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.

External links

 Salah ad-Din Governorate
Al Anbar Governorate Diyala Governorate
   Baghdad Governorate  
Babil Governorate
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