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Bagdad (postcode: 7030, -42.61667°N, 147.21667°W) is a small rural community 40 km north of Hobart, on the Midland Highway, in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. It has a population of around 650. In the days of the horse and buggy, it was an important rest area and horse changing for those continuing their journey up Constitution Hill. The Bagdad rivulet provided fresh water for the early settlers and their crops, and continues to provided water for farms along the rivulet. It is now an area of orchards and small mixed farms and a commuter settlement.

The town was named by the explorer Hugh Germain, who is said to have carried two books in his saddlebags while travelling, the Bible and the Arabian Nights,and he was renowned for naming places from these books.

During the early part of the Iraq war in April 2003 the town's website was being bombarded by confused internet users from around the world trying to contact Iraqis.

Bagdad Primary School
Bagdad Primary School is located in Bagdad, in the Southern Midlands of Tasmania.

Bagdad Primary School was founded in 1867 and provides education for 140 students, from Kindergarten through Grade 6.

The original Headmasters house survives as a classroom for Kindergarten students.

From 2005 until 2007 the school underwent extensive construction and refurbishment. On April 20, 2007 the Tasmanian Minister for Education, David Bartlett, dedicated the new and rebuilt portions. Senator John Watson is scheduled to dedicate the school's new library, which is planned to open on July 26, 2007.