Bagdad is located in central Arizona and is home to Freeport-McMoRan's copper mining operation, the world’s first commercial-scale concentrate leach processing facility (2003) and one of the longest continuously operating solution extraction / electrowinning (SX / EW) plants in the world (1970).

The community of Bagdad is comprised of approximately 2,500 homes as well as a business plaza, healthcare complex, recreational facilities and school district.