Green Zone, Baghdad

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government district heavily fortified district neighborhood of Baghdad

The Green Zone in Baghdad is a heavily fortified district that serves as the center of Iraq’s government and many foreign diplomatic missions.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Green Zone	10
Green Zone, Baghdad canonical	4

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government district ⓘ heavily fortified district ⓘ neighborhood of Baghdad ⓘ
accessPolicy	restricted access for general public ⓘ
adjacentTo	Red Zone, Baghdad ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	International Zone of Baghdad ⓘ
area	approximately 10 square kilometers ⓘ
borderedBy	Tigris ⓘ surface form: Tigris River
contains	British Embassy in Baghdad ⓘ Iraqi Parliament building ⓘ Iraqi ministries ⓘ Presidential offices ⓘ Prime Minister’s offices ⓘ Republican Palace complex ⓘ U.S. Embassy Baghdad ⓘ surface form: United States Embassy in Baghdad military command facilities ⓘ other foreign embassies ⓘ residences of senior Iraqi officials ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
established	2003 ⓘ
establishedBy	United States-led coalition ⓘ surface form: United States-led coalition forces
formerName	International Zone ⓘ
function	diplomatic quarter ⓘ seat of Iraqi executive authority ⓘ seat of Iraqi legislative authority ⓘ
governedBy	Government of Iraq ⓘ
historicalContext	created after the 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
infrastructure	heavily guarded roads ⓘ helicopter landing zones ⓘ
locatedIn	Baghdad ⓘ Baghdad Governorate ⓘ
locatedOn	west bank of the Tigris River ⓘ
notableEvent	frequent target of rocket and mortar attacks during Iraq War ⓘ
originalUse	headquarters of the Coalition Provisional Authority ⓘ
post2009Status	security responsibility transferred to Iraqi forces ⓘ
securityMeasures	checkpoints ⓘ concrete blast walls ⓘ controlled access ⓘ military patrols ⓘ
securityStatus	heavily fortified ⓘ
servesAs	center of Iraq’s government ⓘ location of many foreign diplomatic missions ⓘ
significance	symbol of post-2003 political order in Iraq ⓘ
timeZone	Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
urbanContext	central Baghdad ⓘ
usedBy	Coalition Provisional Authority ⓘ Government of Iraq ⓘ Multinational force in Iraq ⓘ surface form: Multinational Force – Iraq