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Baghdad Governorate محافظة بغداد Baghdad Province | |
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| Nickname: City of Peace (Madinat Al Salam) | |
 Baghdad Governorate | |
| Coordinates:33°20′N44°26′E / 33.333°N 44.433°E /33.333; 44.433 | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Capital | Baghdad |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Atwan Al Atwani[1] |
| • Mayor of Baghdad | Ammar Moussa Kadhim |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
| 8,780,422 | |
| • Urban | 7,682,136 |
| Time zone | UTC+3 (AST) |
| Postal codes | 10025–10043[citation needed] |
| ISO 3166 code | IQ-BG |
| HDI (2021) | 0.704[3] high ·2nd of 18 |
| Website | www |
Baghdad Governorate (Arabic:محافظة بغدادMuḥāfaẓat Baġdād), also known as theBaghdad Province, is the capitalgovernorate ofIraq. It includes the capitalBaghdad as well as the surroundingmetropolitan area. The governorate is one of two small provinces of all 18 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 theIraq 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 theIslamic State in Iraq in late 2017.
Baghdad has at least 12 bridges spanning theTigris river - joining the east and west of the city. The governorate's northeast includes multipleMesopotamian Marshes.
TheSadr 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 theadministrative districts in Baghdad in numbers proportional to the population of the various districts that were represented.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 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% |
| Source: Citypopulation[4] | ||
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