[USMC] Baghdad, Iraq

Baghdad (Arabic: ####### , ######## ####### Iraqi pronunciation: ############# is the capital of the Republic of Iraq. The population of Baghdad, as of 2011, is approximately ########## making it the largest #### ## Iraq, the second largest #### ## the Arab world (after Cairo, Egypt), and the second largest #### ## Western Asia (after Tehran, Iran). According to the government, the population of the country has reached 35 million, with 9 million in the capital.