What is Baghdad?
{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Baghdad | native_name = بغداد | native_name_lang = ar | settlement_type = [[Metropolis]] | image_skyline = | image_size = 275 | image_alt = | image_caption = Clockwise from top: Aerial view of the [[Green Zone]]; [[Al-Mustansiriya University]]; [[Al-Kadhimiya Mosque]]; [[Victory Arch|Swords of Qadisiyah]] monument; and the [[National Museum of Iraq]] | image_seal = | nickname = 'The City of Peace'<ref>{{cite web|last1=Petersen|first1=Andrew|title=Baghdad (Madinat al-Salam)|url=http://islamic-arts.org/2011/baghdad-madinat-al-salam/|publisher=Islamic Arts & Architecture|date=13 September 2011|access-date=21 December 2017|archive-date=16 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916131027/http://islamic-arts.org/2011/baghdad-madinat-al-salam/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |pushpin_map = Iraq#Asia |pushpin_label_position = left |pushpin_relief = yes |pushpin_mapsize = |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Baghdad within Iraq | coordinates = {{coord|33|20|N|44|23|E|region:IQ|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Iraq}} | subdivision_type1 = [[Governorates of Iraq|Governorate]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Baghdad Governorate|Baghdad]] | established_title = Established | established_date = 762&nbsp;AD | founder = [[Al-Mansur|Abu Jafar al-Mansur]] | government_type = [[Mayor–council government|Mayor–council]] | governing_body = Baghdad City Advisory Council | leader_party = | leader_title = [[List of mayors of Baghdad|Mayor]] | leader_name = [[Zekra Alwach]] | total_type = | unit_pref = Metric | area_total_km2 = 204.2 | elevation_m = 34 | population_density_km2 = auto | population_est = 8,765,000 | pop_est_as_of = 2016 | pop_est_footnotes = | population_rank = 1st | population_demonym = Baghdadi | population_note = | timezone1 = Arabia Standard Time | utc_offset1 = +3 | timezone1_DST