Baghdad · Iraq
PeeringDB records one internet exchange in Baghdad, IRAQ-IXP, with 32 participants. The registry lists three colocation facilities, and only Talia Baghdad reports networks, two of them. No mobile ASN from Asiacell, Korek Telecom or Zain Iraq appears at the exchange, so an address geolocating to Baghdad indicates an operator's registration rather than a device location.
Internet exchanges in Baghdad
An exchange is a shared switch where networks hand traffic to each other directly. Participant counts come from PeeringDB, where each network maintains its own record.
| Exchange | Participants | Registry carriers peering |
|---|---|---|
IRAQ-IXP | 32 | none in the registry |
Exchange records: PeeringDB.
Colocation facilities
Buildings where networks put equipment. The network count is how many PeeringDB members list a presence there, which shows where capacity in the city sits.
| Facility | Networks present | Address |
|---|---|---|
| Talia Baghdad | 2 | Area 601 Al Amirat |
| AL-MARAJ AL-ALAMIYA Co. | 0 | Hay - Al-Wahda Street |
| Shakir Hage | 0 | Baghdad |
What a Baghdad IP address tells you
IRAQ-IXP is the only exchange PeeringDB lists in Baghdad, and its 32 participants make up the whole of the city's recorded peering population. Colocation adds little on top of that count. Of the three facilities on record, Talia Baghdad reports two networks, while AL-MARAJ AL-ALAMIYA Co. and Shakir Hage report none, so the documented capacity sits at the exchange rather than spread across carrier-neutral buildings. The registry attaches no carrier ASNs to IRAQ-IXP, which means none of Iraq's mobile operators is recorded as peering in the city.
An address that a database places in Baghdad need not be a handset in Baghdad. Operators announce address blocks from a registry record that carries a single address for an entire allocation, and mobile traffic from Asiacell, Korek Telecom and Zain Iraq leaves through a small number of gateways that can sit well away from the subscriber. Geolocation providers read the operator's own published location and repeat it, so a phone connected elsewhere in Iraq still resolves to Baghdad in most lookups.
Anyone checking an address gets more from the origin ASN and the netname on the specific prefix than from the city label. AS51684 belongs to Asiacell, AS59625 to Korek Telecom and AS59588 to Zain Iraq, so a lookup returning one of those tells you the traffic came through an Iraqi mobile network rather than a fixed line in a Baghdad building. Whether that connection ever touched IRAQ-IXP or one of the three listed facilities is not something the city field can answer.
Mobile carriers in Iraq
A mobile address in Baghdad is routed by one of the country's operators. Each entry lists the operator's ASNs, so you can check which network an address belongs to.
Questions
Which internet exchanges are in Baghdad?
PeeringDB lists one, IRAQ-IXP, with 32 participants. That figure counts the networks the registry records at the exchange, and no second exchange appears for the city. Networks that peer privately inside a facility instead of at the exchange do not show up in that number.
Do Iraq mobile carriers peer in Baghdad?
The registry attaches no carrier ASNs to IRAQ-IXP, so Asiacell (AS51684), Korek Telecom (AS59625) and Zain Iraq (AS59588) are not recorded as participants there. That is a gap in the record rather than proof that the operators exchange no traffic in the city.
Does an IP that geolocates to Baghdad mean the device is there?
No. The city label comes from the address block's registration and the operator's published location, not from the handset. A subscriber elsewhere in Iraq can leave through a gateway whose addresses are registered to Baghdad and will appear there in every database copying that record.
Sources
- PeeringDB - exchanges, participant counts, facilities and network presence, snapshot 2026-09-07
- PROXIES.SX carrier and ASN registry - operator ASNs used to match peering participants