The Round City of Baghdad is the original core of the city of Baghdad, built by the Abbasid Caliph al-Mansur between 762 and 766 AD as the official residence of the Abbasid court, and known in its own time as the City of Peace. It had a distinctive circular design roughly one kilometer in radius, with four gates named for Kufa, Damascus, Khorasan and Basra, and a central palace and mosque. The renowned House of Wisdom library was later located within its grounds.
Facts
Founding Year Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Round City of Baghdad (Wikidata)
P571 (inception)
+0762-00-00T00:00:00Z
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 33.3475, longitude 44.335
View the Source2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 33.3475,44.335
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 39.0
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.25, 44.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 33.25, 44.25
33.25 44.25 BWh
4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, asia zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Asia/Baghdad; IQ has this one zone in zone1970.tabQuote, Zone Asia/Baghdad; IQ has this one zone in zone1970.tab
Zone Asia/Baghdad 2:57:40 - LMT 1890 ... 3:00 - %z 1982 May 3:00 Iraq %z
United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)
United Nations Statistics DivisionIn Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Country list, Western AsiaQuote, In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Country list, Western Asia
Iraq 368 IRQ
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