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Baghdad accounts for 22.2% of Iraq's population and 40% of the country's gross domestic product (PPP). Tourism [ edit ] Baghdad was once one of the main destinations in the country and the region with a wealth of cultural attractions.
Google Earth. Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing satellite images, aerial photography, and GIS data onto a 3D globe, allowing users to see cities and landscapes from various angles. Users can explore the globe by entering ...
The geography of Iraq is diverse and falls into five main regions: the desert (west of the Euphrates ), Upper Mesopotamia (between the upper Tigris and Euphrates rivers), the northern highlands of Iraq, Lower Mesopotamia, and the alluvial plain extending from around Tikrit to the Persian Gulf . The mountains in the northeast are an extension of ...
Al Sharqiya ("The Eastern One") ( Arabic: الشرقية) is Iraq's first privately owned satellite. Baghdad and Dubai-based Iraqi media tycoon Saad al-Bazzaz, is a well-known sunni political opponent from Mosul. Al-Bazzaz is also the Editor in Chief of the Azzaman newspaper. The station was launched in March 2004 and began regular transmission ...
Samarra ( Arabic: سَامَرَّاء, Sāmarrāʾ) is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, 125 kilometers (78 mi) north of Baghdad. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and military base. [1]
Baghdad Satellite Channel is a terrestrial television network in Iraq. [1] [2] [3]
Baghdad Television ( Ba'athist Iraq Era) (1956–2003) Al Iraqiya ( Arabic: العراقيّة, al-ʿIrāqiyyä) is a satellite and terrestrial public broadcaster and television network in Iraq that was set up after the fall of Saddam Hussein. It is an Arabic language network that serves upwards of 85% of Iraq's population, and is viewed by a ...
The city of Baghdad ( Arabic: بغداد Baġdād) was established by the Abbasid dynasty as its capital in the 8th century, marking a new era in Islamic history after their defeat of the Umayyad Caliphate. It replaced Seleucia-Ctesiphon, a Sasanian capital 35 km southeast of Baghdad, which was virtually abandoned by the end of the 8th century.