Baghdad

Baghdad is the capital and largest city in Iraq. It is located on the banks of the Tigris in central Iraq. Wikipedia

Population 8,126,755 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

Emergency numbers in Iraq

• 104PolicePolice
• 115FireFire
• 122AmbulanceAmbulance
• 911AnyAll emergencies

Visas and entry What your passport needs for Iraq

Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

• Victory Arch Monument · 330 m
• Baghdad Clock Attraction · 370 m
• Zawra Tower Viewpoint · 750 m
• Victory Arch Monument · 780 m
• Adnan Palace Museum · 160 m

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Somewhere to run

• Zawraa Park 1.9 km across 1.2 km
• نصب الجندي المجهول 1.2 km across 960 m
• Um Al Khanzeer Island 1.9 km across 2.0 km

Getting around

• Station F 2.3 km
• Allawi bus station 2.3 km
• Central Baghdad Railway Station 2.4 km
• Northern Allawi Bus Terminal 2.5 km
• Station E 3.8 km
• Al-Nasr Square 4.0 km

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