Iraq
Baghdad Governorate
Karkh

As-Salam Palace

The as-Salam Palace, previously a home of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Since 2012, the palace has been certified as a Republican Palace.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: an Iraqi military base
  • Also known as: “Al Salam Palace”, “Al-Salam Palace”, “As Salām Palace”, “Camp Prosperity”, “FOB Prosperity”, “Forward Operating Base Prosperity”, “Qaşr as Salām”, “Qaşr az Zuhūr”, “The Peace Palace”, “Zuhūr Royal Palace”, and “قصر الزهور”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Baghdad Mall and Baghdad Tower.

Shopping center
Photo: MohammadHuzam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-purpose building consisting of a , a hotel and a medical centre in , . Located in , at the intersection between the Damascus street and Al-Kindi street, it is one of the largest shopping malls in Baghdad. is situated 1¼ km north of As-Salam Palace.

Building
, previously called International Saddam Tower, is a 204 m TV tower in , . The tower opened in 1994 and replaced a communications tower destroyed in the Gulf War. is situated 720 metres west of As-Salam Palace.

Photo: Makaay31, CC0.
The is a public building located in the , in , . Prior to 2003 the building was employed as a and featured a large clock tower. is situated 1¼ km east of As-Salam Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mansour district and Yarmouk.

Quarter
Al-Mansour or just Mansour is one of the nine administrative districts in , . It is in western Baghdad and is bounded on the east by district in central Baghdad, to the north by , to the west by , and to the south by Baghdad Airport Road, on the other side of which is al-Rashid district.

Neighborhood
is an upmarket neighborhood located within in , . It is adjacent to Baghdad Airport Road. Built in the 1950s, it was once home to numbers of high-ranking officials from Abdul-Karim Qasim's government.

Neighborhood
The Green Zone, formally Karradat Mariam, is a 10-square-kilometer area in the of central , . It is the seat of the government of Iraq, home to government offices, ministries, state institutions, diplomatic missions, and palaces.

As-Salam Palace

Latitude
33.30093° or 33° 18′ 3″ north
Longitude
44.36154° or 44° 21′ 42″ east
Elevation
46 metres (151 feet)
Open location code
8H568926+9J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4235535
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
89361
Wiki­data ID
Q3564922
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“As-Salam Palace” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قصر السلام”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆشکی ئەلسەلام”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון א-סלאם”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון אס-סאלם”
  • Polish: “Pałac Pokoju”
  • Slovenian: “Palača As-Salam”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de la Paz”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “As-Salam Palace”. Photo: Botsojoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.