Baghdad

Baghdad is likewise spelled Bagdad, Arabic Baghdād, once in the past Madīnat al-Salām the capital of Iraq. Its area, on the Tigris River around 330 miles 530 km from the headwaters of the Persian Gulf, is in the core of antiquated Mesopotamia. Baghdad is Iraq's biggest city and a standout amongst the most crowded urban agglomerations of the Middle East. Invaluable gathering of ancient rarities in the National Museum of Iraq was plundered amid the 2003 US-drove intrusion. A great many old original copies in the National Library were pulverized under Saddam's order and the neglect ion of the possessing coalition powers. Baghdad is home to probably the most fruitful football soccer groups in Iraq, the greatest being Al-Shorta Police, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya Airforce club, Al-Zawra'a, and Talaba Students. The biggest stadium in Baghdad is Al-Shaab Stadium, which was opened in 1966. Another, however considerably bigger stadium, is still in the opening phases of development.