Talk:Baghdad

Governance

I think I may have finally been able to figure out the administrative nature of the Governorate and Municipality, at least to an extent that it would require a total rewriting of that section of the article. The "District Advisory Councils" only need to be mentioned in passing so far as they are relevant to the existing municipal boundaries. Also, there have been many changes since this section was written years ago.

The city of Baghdad within the governorate, Baghdad Mayoralty (Amanat), appears to be another layer of government atop the governorate administration, and where they overlap, the governorate administration appears to be dormant. Baghdad Governorate appears to be divided into at least 10 administrative districts (qada'a), currently, which are subdivided into subdistricts (nahiyah). The much smaller area of the Baghdad Mayoralty overlays all or parts of 6 central administrative districts. Baghdad Mayoralty is divided into 14 city districts or boroughs (kati'), currently, which are subdivided into neighborhoods (hayy). So:

Baghdad Governorate

• Districts (qada'a)
  • Subdistricts (nahiyah)

Baghdad Mayoralty

• City districts/Boroughs (kati')
  • Neighborhood (hayy)

Each four of these divisions have local councils, though, again, where the mayoralty overlaps with the governorate, only the former appears to have jurisdiction. For the mayoralty city districts/boroughs, they double as municipalities (baladiyah) which provide services. There is only one mayor (mayoralty) for all of the city districts/municipalities, however.

Anyway, since I am not from here, or know if I've described this all correctly, I'd like someone else to rewrite this section of the article and make the necessary changes to related articles dealing with the administration of the governorate. Since this article deals with the city, the explanation of the governorate divisions should be mostly avoided to prevent the confusion that has plagued this article for years. I'd also probably remove a list of the neighborhoods, as there number and boundaries have probably changed. What is most important is that 1. the city is divided into city districts or boroughs, 2. the boroughs are divided into neighborhoods, 3. these have elected councils, 4. major city services are provided at the city district level, 5. these are all overseen by a mayor. Criticalthinker (talk) 06:34, 27 January 2025 (UTC)

Image in infobox

Which one of the images are suitable for infobox @Local Mandaean @SonOfBabylon1 @Abo Yemen

Green Zone, Haydar-Khana Mosque, Qushla, Iraq Museum, Al-Sarafiya Bridge, Zuqaq al-Sarai and Al-Zawraa Park
Option 1

Option 2
Green Zone, Qushla, Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Baghdad Tourist Island, Tigris, Al-Zawraa Park, Thousand and One Nights Park,

Option 3
Green Zone, Al-Rasheed Street, Abdul Karim Qasim Museum, Tourist Island, Tigris, Liberation Square and Al-Sarafiya Bridge

Option 4
Green Zone, Shaheed Monument, Iraq Museum, al-Zawraa Park, Qushla and Baghdad Medical City, Al-Kadhimiya Mosque and Khan Murjan

Kharbaan Ghaltaan (talk) 12:45, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

@Kharbaan Ghaltaan can you add captions to the suggested photos so that we know which of those places are more notable and deserve to be in the infobox 𐩣𐩫𐩧𐩨 Abo Yemen (𓃵) 13:29, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

added Kharbaan Ghaltaan (talk) 14:28, 5 February 2025 (UTC)

@Local Mandaean @SonOfBabylon1 @Abo Yemen Now the captions are added Kharbaan Ghaltaan (talk) 17:30, 5 February 2025 (UTC)