List of neighborhoods and districts in Baghdad
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This article lists neighborhoods and the nine administrative districts
within 50 km of Baghdad
, Iraq
.
The order is not alphabetical, but is instead arranged according to whether the neighborhood is east or west of the Tigris
and then grouped roughly by north-south order. Place names may be affected by differences in translation of Arabic to English. If sourced information on the location was not available, the neighborhood is grouped in the unknown section in alphabetical order. According to a report published by the New York times on June 3, 2007, there are 457 distinct neighborhoods in Baghdad. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4859179.html
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Administrative districts in Baghdad
There are nine administrative districts in the city of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, that correspond to the nine district advisory councils. The Baghdad Security Plan used these nine districts as the nine security districts....
within 50 km of Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
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The order is not alphabetical, but is instead arranged according to whether the neighborhood is east or west of the Tigris
Tigris
The Tigris River is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, the other being the Euphrates. The river flows south from the mountains of southeastern Turkey through Iraq.-Geography:...
and then grouped roughly by north-south order. Place names may be affected by differences in translation of Arabic to English. If sourced information on the location was not available, the neighborhood is grouped in the unknown section in alphabetical order. According to a report published by the New York times on June 3, 2007, there are 457 distinct neighborhoods in Baghdad. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4859179.html
West of the Tigris
- Al-Adel: Sunni area with some Shiite presence.
- Al-A'amiriyaAl-A'amiriyaAl-A'amiriya is a western neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. It is an upper-class Sunni neighborhood in the west of the city on the way to Anbar Province.-History:...
Sunni area ft Amiriyah shelterAmiriyah shelterThe Amiriyah shelter bombing was an aerial attack that killed more than 408 civilians on February 13, 1991 during the Gulf War, when an air-raid shelter , also referred to as the Al Firdos C3 bunker by the U.S. military, in the Amiriyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq was destroyed by the USAF with... - Al-Jamia: Sunni area with some Shiite presence.
- Al-Kadhimya neighborhood: Shite majority in the north.
- Al-Khadhraa neighborhood: Sunni majority, Shiite presence.
- Hurriya CityHurriyaHurriya is a neighborhood in Baghdad. It is the location of the Jamil Hussein controversy....
: Shiite majority, Sunni presence. - Green ZoneGreen ZoneThe Green Zone is the most common name for the International Zone of Baghdad. It is a area of central Baghdad, Iraq, that was the governmental center of the Coalition Provisional Authority and remains the center of the international presence in the city...
- Al-MansourMansour districtAl Mansour district is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. It is named after Abu Ja'far al-Mansur, the second Abbasid Caliph and founder of Baghdad....
neighborhood : Sunni majority. - Yarmouk (Baghdad)Yarmouk (Baghdad)Yarmouk is an upmarket neighborhood located within Mansour district in Baghdad, Iraq. It is adjacent to Baghdad Airport Road. Is was once home to members of high-ranking officials from Saddam Hussein's regime. Yarmouk is considered a mirror image of east Baghdad's Shiite- dominated Sadr City i.e...
neighborhood upmarket Sunni & Shiite area between airport and Green Zone - Al Rashid district
- Furat -- just east of Baghdad International AirportBaghdad International AirportBaghdad International Airport, originally Saddam International Airport, , BIAP is Iraq's largest airport, located in a suburb about west of downtown Baghdad in the Baghdad Governorate...
along Baghdad Airport RoadBaghdad Airport RoadThe Baghdad Airport Road is a 12 kilometer stretch of highway in Baghdad, Iraq linking the International Zone, a heavily fortified area at the center of Baghdad, to Baghdad International Airport . It also links different parts of Baghdad to the Airport and connects neighboring areas to each other... - Jihad ( Hayy Al-Jihad (Bagdad)Al-Jihad (Bagdad)Jihad is a neighborhood in the Al Rashid district in West Bagdad.The New York Times calls it "A former slice of mixed middle-class calm in the heart of western Baghdad, Jihad fell to Sunni insurgents after the American invasion...
): neighborhood, just east of Furat and west of Amil along Baghdad Airport Road,mixed middle-class area - Amil ( Hayy Al-Amil): Mixed area just east of Jihad and west of Bayya’ along Baghdad Airport Road.
- Al-Baya' (BaiyaaBaiyaaBaiyaa is a middle-class district in western Baghdad, Iraq along the Baghdad Airport Road. It contains separate Sunni and Shiite enclaves within it...
) : district east of Amil along Baghdad Airport Road. Shiite majority, Sunni presence. - DoraDora (Baghdad)Dora is a neighborhood in Al Rashid administrative district, southern Baghdad, Iraq. Although this was a majority Christian neighborhood, it became controlled by Sunni Muslim Extremists during the Iraq War...
(Al Dura) Sunni majority neighborhood
- Furat -- just east of Baghdad International Airport
- Al-Shurtta (al-Shurta) neighborhood, south-western Baghdad, a "middle- to working-class pocket in the dusty far west of Baghdad" http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/19/1079199432028.html
- Saidya once middle-class mixed neighborhood in southwest Baghdad
East of the Tigris
- Al-JadriyaAl-JadriyaAl-Jadriya is a neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq along the Tigris river. Al-Jadriya shares a significant but comparatively smaller part of the peninsula with Karrada. Al-Jadriya lies at the south tip of the peninsula where Tigris river makes its major turn and heads to the north-east. Its...
- AdhamiyahAdhamiyahAl-Adhamiyah , also Azamiya, is a neighborhood and east-central district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq....
- Al-Sa'adoon area
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- Just outside the Baghdad wallBaghdad WallThe Baghdad Wall is the name being given by some media outlets to a 5 km long separation barrier being built by the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army around the predominantly Sunni district of Adhamiya in Baghdad, Iraq. Construction of the 3.6 m high ...
from Adhamiyah are several smaller neighborhoods http://bp3.blogger.com/_awCxK3gHH2c/Ripi1w4gd1I/AAAAAAAAAJE/9CxzDJmtZAI/s1600-h/adhamiya-wall.gif- Dilfiya
- Maghrib
- Kasra
- Qahira
- Sulaikh
- Raghiba KhatounRaghiba KhatounRaghiba Khatoun is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq....
area of Adhamiya - Ilaam
- Just outside the Baghdad wall
- Shaab-Ur north of Sadr City
- Sadr CitySadr CitySadr City is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in 1959 by Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassim and later unofficially renamed Sadr City after deceased Shia leader Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr....
- Baghdad Al-Jadida (New BaghdadNew BaghdadNew Baghdad or Baghdad Al-Jidida is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. This district has nine Neighborhood Advisory Councils and a District Advisory Council. It is located east of the city center...
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- KarradaKarradaKarrada is a major affluent district of the city Baghdad, Iraq. It is of a mixed population but it is noted for having majority of Shia population. The presence of Christians are notable in the area...
(KarradahKarradahKarradah is a predominantly Shia neighbourhood in East Baghdad, Iraq. It is located in south central Baghdad, on a small peninsula in the bend of the river Tigris....
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- Zayouna: Mixed neighborhood.
- Bab Al-Moatham : Sunni majority, shiite presence.
- Bab Al-Sharqi : Mixed area.
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- Zafaraniya a semi-rural area on the outskirts of Baghdad squeezed between the Diyala and the Tigris rivers in south Eastern Baghdad http://observer.guardian.co.uk/world/story/0,,1874375,00.html
- Muwasalat and Shurta Al-Khamsa neighborhood, just south of Bayya’
- Al-Saydiya : Sunni majority, Shiite presence.
- Al-A'amiriya Al-A'amiriyaAl-A'amiriya is a western neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. It is an upper-class Sunni neighborhood in the west of the city on the way to Anbar Province.-History:...
(Amiriya) : Sunni majority, Shiite presence. - Al-Shu'ala: Almost exclusively Shiite.
- Al-GhazaliyaGhazaliyaGhazaliya is a neighborhood in West Baghdad, Iraq.It is believed the area was named after the Muslim scholar Abu Hāmed Mohammad ibn Mohammad al-Ghazzālī, and it is surrounded by various other districts, such as Al sheoala, Albakrea, Alkadraa and al Aadel.Originally patrolled by elements of the...
: Sunni majority, Shiite presence. - Al-Za'franiya: Shiite majority, Sunni presence.
- Hayy Ur: Almost exclusively Shiite.
- Sha'abSha'ab, BaghdadSha'ab is a neighborhood of Adhamiyah district, Baghdad, Iraq, It is subdivided to Sha'ab east , Sha'ab south , Sha'ab north ....
City: Shiite majority, Sunni presence.
- Hayy Al-A'amel (AmelAmelAmel is a Belgian municipality in the Walloon province of Liège, and is part of the German-speaking Community of Belgium .On January 1, 2006 Amel had a total population of 5,282...
) : Shiite majority, Sunni presence. - UtafiyahUtafiyahUtafiyah is a Shia neighborhood in Baghdad. It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Waziriyah....
- WaziriyahWaziriyahWaziriyah is a Sunni neighborhood in Baghdad. It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Utafiyah....
- Fadhil -- a Sunni Arab neighborhood of multistory tenements along the east bank of the Tigris River LA Times
- Sheikh Omar, near Fadhil http://www.iraqslogger.com/index.php/post/2295
- Sadriya
- Khalis, northeast of Baghdad
- Palestine Street, Aqari district,
- Triangle of Death (Iraq)
- YusufiyahYusufiyahYusufiyah is a regional township in the country of Iraq, located in Baghdad Province, approximately 25 km southwest of the capital, Baghdad...
-- 40 km south of Baghdad - Mahmoudiyah 40 km south of Baghdad -- Known as the “Gateway to Baghdad,”
- Lutifiyah area of southwest Baghdad
- Yusufiyah
- Mashada, 25 miles north of Baghdad http://www.sciencedaily.com/upi/index.php?feed=TopNews&article=UPI-1-20070417-11071400-bc-iraq-violence-1stld-crn.xml http://www.losangeleschronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=24606
- Risafi -- in northwestern Baghdad http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/850155.html
- ShorjaShorjaShorja or Al-Shorja is a marketplace in Baghdad, Iraq. Located near Bab Al Sharqi market, Shorja is Baghdad's largest and oldest market.-During the U.S. occupation:...
-- Baghdad's oldest market http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8N8OQHO0&show_article=1 - Iskan, neighborhood in western Baghdad. largely Shiite, but the students at College of Economic Sciences are religiously mixed, including Shiites, Sunnis and some Christians. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8N8OQHO0&show_article=1
- Taji, IraqTaji, IraqTaji, At Taji or Tajidiyah is a town approximately 20 miles north of the city of Baghdad, and is located in the Al-Faris district of the Salah ad Din Governorate. Taji is the location of a large U.S.-controlled military base.-History:...
is an area approximately 20 miles north of Baghdad, and the site of a large U.S.-controlled military base. - KamaliyaKamaliyaKamaliya Zahoor is a dance music artist, opera-singer, songwriter, violinist, model, Hollywood actress and former Mrs. World.-Biography:Kamaliya was born in 1977 in Zabaikallye, Chita Oblast, Russia.When she turned three, her military father was deployed to Budapest, where she danced and sang in...
-- in southeastern Baghdad http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/world/4806081.html http://www.cantonrep.com/index.php?ID=352144&Category=24&subCategoryID= - Washash -- a "violent" http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1550441,00.html "Baghdad slum on the western side of the Tigris" according to Time magazine. http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1562900,00.html
- Al-Salam -- in south Alhurria