Baghdad

E14388

city national capital

Baghdad is the capital and largest city of Iraq, historically renowned as a major center of the Islamic Golden Age and a key cultural and economic hub of the Arab world.

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All labels observed (15)

Label	Occurrences
Baghdad canonical	492
Baghdad, Iraq	14
بغداد	6
Baghdad Governorate	3
Baghdad metropolitan area	2
Abbasid circular city of Baghdad	1
Bagdad	1
Baghdad (Abbasid period)	1
Baghdad and its environs	1
Baghdad city center	1
Baghdad region	1
Baghdad – Abbasid Caliphate	1
City of Baghdad	1
central Baghdad	1
city of Baghdad	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ national capital ⓘ
airport	Baghdad International Airport ⓘ
averageHighestSummerTemperature	over 40°C ⓘ
capitalOf	Iraq ⓘ
climate	hot desert climate ⓘ
coordinateLatitude	33.3152°N ⓘ
coordinateLongitude	44.3661°E ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
currency	Iraqi dinar ⓘ
demographics	ethnically and religiously diverse population ⓘ
drainageBasin	Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
foundationDate	762 ⓘ
foundedBy	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
founder	Al-Mansur ⓘ
governorateCapitalOf	Baghdad self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Baghdad Governorate
hasLandmark	Al-Faw Palace ⓘ Al-Kadhimiya Mosque ⓘ Al-Shaheed Monument ⓘ Baghdad Tower ⓘ Iraqi National Museum ⓘ Mustansiriya Madrasah ⓘ
hasUniversity	Al-Mustansiriya University ⓘ University of Baghdad ⓘ
historicalEra	Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
historicallyKnownFor	House of Wisdom ⓘ
historicalRole	major cultural center of the Arab world ⓘ major economic hub of the Arab world ⓘ
isSeatOf	Council of Representatives of Iraq ⓘ Government of Iraq ⓘ President of Iraq ⓘ Prime Minister of Iraq ⓘ
largestCityOf	Iraq ⓘ
locatedIn	Middle East ⓘ Middle East ⓘ surface form: Western Asia
locatedOnRiver	Tigris ⓘ surface form: Tigris River
namedAfter	pre-Islamic settlement of Baghdad ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
populationEstimateYear	2023 ⓘ
recognizedLanguage	Kurdish ⓘ
region	Baghdad self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Baghdad Governorate
religionMajority	Islam ⓘ
riverCrossing	Jisr al-Jumhuriya ⓘ
sufferedEvent	Iraq War ⓘ surface form: Iraq War (2003 invasion and aftermath) Mongol sack of Baghdad in 1258 ⓘ
timeZone	Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
utcOffset	+3 ⓘ
wasCapitalOf	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
wasMajorCenterOf	Islamic Golden Age ⓘ

Referenced by (527)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arab world → hasMajorCity → Baghdad ⓘ

The Thief of Bagdad → setIn → Baghdad ⓘ

subject surface form: The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)

Middle East → hasMajorCity → Baghdad ⓘ

Ottoman Empire → importantCity → Baghdad ⓘ

Arabs → notableHistoricalCenter → Baghdad ⓘ

Iraq → capital → Baghdad ⓘ

Iraq → largestCity → Baghdad ⓘ

OPEC → foundedIn → Baghdad ⓘ

Abbasid Caliphate → capital → Baghdad ⓘ

Abbasid Caliphate → hasCapital → Baghdad ⓘ

Abbasid Caliphate → culturalCenter → Baghdad ⓘ

Saddam Hussein → placeOfDeath → Baghdad ⓘ

Saddam Hussein → residence → Baghdad ⓘ

Mesopotamian Arabic → spokenInCity → Baghdad ⓘ

Tigris → passesThroughCity → Baghdad ⓘ

Islamic world → hasCulturalCenter → Baghdad ⓘ

Saadia Gaon → residence → Baghdad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baghdad region

Arabic calligraphy → importantCenter → Baghdad ⓘ

German Archaeological Institute → hasOffice → Baghdad ⓘ

Silk Road routes → majorCityOnRoute → Baghdad ⓘ

The Arabian Nights → setting → Baghdad ⓘ

Baghdad → region → Baghdad self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baghdad Governorate

Baghdad → governorateCapitalOf → Baghdad self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baghdad Governorate

Islamic Caliphates → capitalAtVariousTimes → Baghdad ⓘ

Islamic Golden Age → centerOfActivity → Baghdad ⓘ

Hashemite dynasty → capitalDuringIraqRule → Baghdad ⓘ

House of Hashim → historicalCapital → Baghdad ⓘ

Battle of Baghdad (2003) → locatedIn → Baghdad ⓘ

Status of Forces Agreement between U.S. and Iraq (2008) → signedIn → Baghdad ⓘ

Sinbad the Sailor → associatedWith → Baghdad ⓘ

Al Anbar Governorate → bordersGovernorate → Baghdad ⓘ

this entity surface form: Baghdad Governorate

Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 → primaryTargetCountryCapital → Baghdad ⓘ

Ibn Arabi → travelledTo → Baghdad ⓘ

al‑Junayd → deathPlace → Baghdad ⓘ

subject surface form: al-Junayd

al‑Junayd → residence → Baghdad ⓘ

subject surface form: al-Junayd

al‑Junayd → associatedWithPlace → Baghdad ⓘ

subject surface form: al-Junayd

Suhrawardiyya → placeOfOrigin → Baghdad ⓘ

Hanbali school → emergedInCity → Baghdad ⓘ

al‑Hallaj → placeOfDeath → Baghdad ⓘ

subject surface form: al-Hallaj

al‑Hallaj → residence → Baghdad ⓘ

subject surface form: al-Hallaj

Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani → deathPlace → Baghdad ⓘ