What is the population of the largest city in Iraq, who's 1956–57 Iraq FA Cup Championship was open to teams from the capital?
Baghdad Baghdad (Arabic: بغداد‎ ‎ , ) is the capital of Iraq. The population of Baghdad, as of 2016 , is approximately 8,765,000, making it the largest city in Iraq, the second largest city in the Arab world (after Cairo, Egypt), and the second largest city in Western Asia (after Tehran, Iran).
Nineveh Nineveh ( ; Akkadian: "Ninua" ) was an ancient Assyrian city of Upper Mesopotamia, located on the outskirts of Mosul in modern-day northern Iraq. It is located on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, and was the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. It is also a common name for the half of Mosul which lies on the eastern bank of the Tigris in the modern day.