Overview of Baghdad

Once one of the greatest centres of learning and culture in the Islamic world, Baghdad has a long and illustrious history. Once a favored destination on the 'hippie trail' and packed full of sights; since the coalition invasion of 2003, Baghdad has since become one of the most dangerous cities on Earth. Read More »

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Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq

Ash Shabab, 2 km (1 mile)
Hayy Bur Sa`id, 3 km (2 miles)
Hayy ar Riyad, 4 km (3 miles)
Kazim al Jawad, 5 km (3 miles)
Jisr al Amin, 7 km (4 miles)
Hayy al Bayda', 7 km (4 miles)
Hayy at Tarbiyah, 8 km (5 miles)
Hayy ar Rashid, 8 km (5 miles)
Mintaqat Ash Shima`iyah, 8 km (5 miles)
Madinat as Salam, 9 km (5 miles)
Yarmouk, 9 km (5 miles)
Hasan al Hamzah, 9 km (6 miles)
Hayy `Adan, 10 km (6 miles)
Al-Zafaraniyah, 10 km (6 miles)
Rusafa, 10 km (6 miles)
Al Qaraghuliyah, 10 km (6 miles)
Ash Sha`b, 10 km (6 miles)
Hayy ar Rabi`, 11 km (7 miles)
Tall al Lifah, 11 km (7 miles)
Muhammad Mastafa al Magsud, 11 km (7 miles)
Tall Ablighah, 11 km (7 miles)
Muhammad al Khalaf, 11 km (7 miles)
`Arab Jalub, 11 km (7 miles)
Shaykh Shuramat, 11 km (7 miles)
Madinat ar Rashid, 11 km (7 miles)
Khalil al Hajj Jasim, 12 km (7 miles)
`Abbas Salih Habib, 12 km (7 miles)
Tall As Sudayri, 12 km (7 miles)
`Izzat `Abbud Al Gu`ud, 12 km (8 miles)
Madinat al Hurriyah, 12 km (8 miles)
Shakr Hamid al Wajab, 12 km (8 miles)
Wadi Balash, 12 km (8 miles)
Qaryat Abu Dashir al Ula, 13 km (8 miles)
Shaykh `Abd Allah, 13 km (8 miles)
Muhammad `Ulaywi al Khattab, 13 km (8 miles)
Hadi al Fahd, 13 km (8 miles)
Qaryat Hish al Ula, 13 km (8 miles)
`Arab Muzhir Shabib, 13 km (8 miles)
Husayn al Ghafus, 14 km (8 miles)
`Ali Shalabi ash Shaykhli, 14 km (8 miles)
Mukhallif Hamadi, 14 km (8 miles)
Hilal Hamid, 14 km (9 miles)
Maytham Ahmad Hasan al Bakr, 14 km (9 miles)
Hamad Shabib, 15 km (9 miles)
Sabbar Muzhir, 15 km (9 miles)
Qaryat Mahmud Radini, 15 km (9 miles)
Majid al Fand, 15 km (9 miles)
Salman `Ali, 15 km (9 miles)
Shaykh Hamid, 15 km (9 miles)
Nasranah, 15 km (9 miles)
Munkhi Sarhid, 15 km (9 miles)
Bub ash Sham, 15 km (10 miles)
Jabir Ahmad Salih, 16 km (10 miles)
`Abd al Mun`im al Khudayri, 16 km (10 miles)
Hamid Ibrahim, 16 km (10 miles)
Mashakil Ruka`, 16 km (10 miles)
Husayn al `Ali, 16 km (10 miles)
Muhammad Husayn, 16 km (10 miles)
Marmus Muhammad, 17 km (10 miles)
Ma`mal Uksijin Nizar Majid, 17 km (10 miles)
Muhaybis `Awwad, 17 km (10 miles)
Hasan `Abd `Ali, 17 km (10 miles)
`Arab Karim `Abd ar Rida, 17 km (11 miles)
Muhammad al Hamad, 17 km (11 miles)
`Arkub al Haji ash Sharqi, 17 km (11 miles)
`Ali `Iydan, 17 km (11 miles)
Kazim `Ali, 18 km (11 miles)
Dhiyab `Ali Zaydan, 18 km (11 miles)
Qaryat ad Duhnah, 18 km (11 miles)
`Arab `Abbas, 18 km (11 miles)
Hamud Jasim, 18 km (11 miles)
`Arab Muhammad Jasim, 18 km (11 miles)
Ma`mal Khuyut al Bakhirah, 18 km (11 miles)
Shukur Husayn, 19 km (12 miles)
Sayyid Ra'uf, 19 km (12 miles)
Jiyad Husayn, 19 km (12 miles)
Sharikat Sina`at al Farsh al `Iraqiyah, 19 km (12 miles)
`Abd Shati, 19 km (12 miles)
Al Hajj Ja`far, 19 km (12 miles)
Jasim Muhammad Rabi`, 19 km (12 miles)
`Arab Jasim `Udwan, 19 km (12 miles)
`Arab Hasan Ahmad Khamis, 19 km (12 miles)
`Uraybi Zakm, 20 km (12 miles)
Qaryat `Abd ar Razaq Ahmad an Nida, 20 km (12 miles)
Khalaf Dawud, 20 km (13 miles)
Sha`lan Jasim `Udwan, 20 km (13 miles)
Shallal Da`, 20 km (13 miles)
`Arab Ahmad `Abd, 21 km (13 miles)
Jabbar `Imad, 21 km (13 miles)
Qaryat al Intisar, 21 km (13 miles)
Yasin Nafalah, 21 km (13 miles)
Husayn `Alwan, 21 km (13 miles)
`Arab `Abbas, 21 km (13 miles)
`Arab Husayn `Ali `Alush, 22 km (13 miles)
Salman Kazim, 22 km (14 miles)
Wazir `Aksh, 22 km (14 miles)
`Alwan al Khalaf, 22 km (14 miles)
Mahmud Sulayman, 22 km (14 miles)

Mounds in Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq

Tall Harmal, 4 km (2 miles)
Ishan Abu Khalifah, 17 km (11 miles)

Universities in Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq

Jameat Baghddd, 8 km (5 miles)

Military Bases in Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq

Mu`askar ar Rashid, 9 km (5 miles)

Hills in Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq

Tall Ghurayb, 11 km (7 miles)
Tall Halawah, 12 km (7 miles)
Tall Hatmaf, 13 km (8 miles)
Tall Rahab Jar, 14 km (9 miles)
Tall Bub ash Sham, 15 km (9 miles)
Tall Abu Badawi, 17 km (10 miles)
Tall `Umran, 17 km (11 miles)
Jaz`at al Hamrah, 18 km (11 miles)
Tall Isbi` at, 19 km (12 miles)
Tall Abu Shakar, 22 km (13 miles)
Tall al Abyad, 22 km (14 miles)

Marshes in Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq

Hawr as Saqlawiyah, 12 km (7 miles)

Facilities in Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq

Maslahat Majari Baghdad, 12 km (8 miles)

Orchards in Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq

Bustan `Alwan Falih al Hasani, 15 km (10 miles)
Bustan Jasim, 16 km (10 miles)
Hamud Khalaf, 19 km (12 miles)

Hills in Diyala, Iraq

Tulul Khattar, 16 km (10 miles)

Streams in Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq

Nahr Bub ash Sham, 16 km (10 miles)

Schools in Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq

Madrasat al Hajun al Ibtida'iyat al Mukhtaltah, 17 km (11 miles)
Madrasat al `Ala, 18 km (11 miles)
Madrasat Rabhah lil Banin, 20 km (13 miles)

Diyala, Iraq

`Arab Yahudah, 17 km (11 miles)
Jawad al Kazim, 20 km (12 miles)

Canals in Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq

Nahr al Barahinah, 19 km (12 miles)

Meteorological Stations in Qada' Baghdad, Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq

Saddam Irq-Afb / Civ, 19 km (12 miles)

Palm Groves in Muhafazat Baghdad, Iraq

Mahmud `Awwad, 20 km (12 miles)

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