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Baghdad

Capital of Iraq

Watercolour of Baghdad, Iraq. Baghdad on the flat alluvial plain of the Tigris, with the old Rusafa riverfront and dense low-rise neighborhoods spreading away from the water. Featuring The Qushla and The Mustansiriyya Madrasa.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
The Qushla; The Mustansiriyya Madrasa; Al-Shuhada Bridge; Old Rusafa and the Mutanabbi Street area; Al-Shaheed Monument
Viewpoint
Use a slightly elevated view from the Karkh bank across the Tigris toward the old Rusafa frontage, favoring the city’s real river-and-brick identity over a disconnected montage of modern monuments.
Palette
For this arid city, explicitly shift the greens toward grey-green, olive, dusty sage and pale khaki; cool sand-beige brickwork, slate-grey shadows and blue-grey river washes should predominate, with palms forming limited olive accents.
Guarded against
Avoid making Baghdad look like Babylon with the Ishtar Gate, Samarra with its spiral minaret, or a fantasy Arabian Nights city of oversized onion domes.
Population7,216,000Wikidata: 8,126,755
Coordinates33.34°N, 44.40°E
Elevation34 m
Area673 km²
Time zoneAsia/BaghdadUTC+3
Solar noon12:02clock runs 0.0 h ahead of the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Baghdad and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands — 1,063 km from the exact antipodal point.

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