Iraq
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Mahmudiya District

Seleucia

Seleucia, also known as Seleucia-on-Tigris or Seleucia on the Tigris or Seleucia ad Tigrim, was a major Mesopotamian city, located on the west bank of the Tigris River within the present-day in .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: capital of the Seleucid Empire
  • Also known as: “Mintaqat as Saluqiyat al Athariyah”, “Seleucia on Tigris”, “Seleucia-on-the-Tigris”, “Sliq Kharawta”, “Slucia”, and “Sur”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Opis.

Ruins
was an ancient Near East city near the , not far from modern . The equivalence of and Upi are now usually assumed but not yet proven. is situated 220 metres east of Seleucia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ctesiphon.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a ruin in . It was once an ancient Persian capital city, but only a former palace, with the world's largest unreinforced arch, remains standing. The town of Salman Pak is nearby, and is also covered in this article.

Seleucia

Latitude
33.09416° or 33° 5′ 39″ north
Longitude
44.52067° or 44° 31′ 14″ east
Elevation
35 metres (115 feet)
Open location code
8H563GVC+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 353551437
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
91243
Wiki­data ID
Q1136681
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Waray—“Seleucia” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Seleukië”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Σελεύκεια”
  • Arabic: “سلوقية”
  • Arabic: “سلوقيه”
  • Arabic: “منطقة السلوقية الاثرية”
  • Basque: “Seleuzia Tigrisekoa”
  • Bulgarian: “Селевкия”
  • Catalan: “Seleucia del Tigris”
  • Catalan: “Selèucia del Tigris”
  • Cebuano: “Minţaqat as Salūqīyat al Atharīyah”
  • Chinese: “塞流西亚”
  • Chinese: “塞琉西亚”
  • Chinese: “塞琉西亞”
  • Chinese: “底格里斯河畔塞琉古”
  • Chinese: “底格里斯河畔塞琉西亞”
  • Croatian: “Seleukija”
  • Czech: “Seleúkeia”
  • Czech: “Seleukia na Tygridu”
  • Czech: “Seleukia”
  • Danish: “Seleukeia”
  • Dutch: “Seleucia aan de Tigris”
  • Dutch: “Seleucie aan de Tigris”
  • Dutch: “Seleucië aan de Tigris”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سلوقيه”
  • Finnish: “Seleukeia”
  • Finnish: “Seleukia”
  • French: “Seleucie du Tigre”
  • French: “Séleucie du Tigre”
  • French: “Séleucie”
  • Galician: “Seleucia do Tigris”
  • Greek: “Σελεύκεια Επιτίγρεια”
  • Greek: “Σελεύκεια η επί του Τίγρη”
  • Greek: “Σελεύκεια”
  • Hebrew: “סלאוקיה על החידקל”
  • Hungarian: “Szeleukeia”
  • Irish: “Seiliúicia”
  • Italian: “Seleucia al Tigri”
  • Italian: “Seleucia sul Tigri”
  • Japanese: “セレウキア”
  • Korean: “셀레우키아”
  • Kurdish: “Seleukeia”
  • Latin: “Seleucia ad Tigrim”
  • Malagasy: “Seleokia any Tigrisy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Seleukia”
  • Norwegian: “Seleukia”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܣܠܝܩ”
  • Persian: “سلوکیه”
  • Persian: “وه اردشیر”
  • Persian: “ویه اردشیر”
  • Polish: “Seleucja nad Tygrysem”
  • Portuguese: “Selêucia do Tigre”
  • Portuguese: “Selêucida do Tigre”
  • Romanian: “Seleucia”
  • Russian: “Вех-Ардашир”
  • Russian: “Селевкия-на-Тигре”
  • Russian: “Селевкия”
  • Serbian: “Селеукија”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Seleukija”
  • Slovak: “Seleukia nad Tigrisom”
  • Slovenian: “Selevkija”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سلوکوس”
  • Spanish: “Seleucia del Tigris”
  • Spanish: “Seleucia”
  • Swedish: “Seleucia”
  • Swedish: “Seleukeia”
  • Swedish: “Seleukia”
  • Tajik: “Селевкия”
  • Tamil: “செலூசியா”
  • Turkish: “Seleukia (Irak)”
  • Turkish: “Seleukia”
  • Ukrainian: “Селевкія”
  • Vietnamese: “Seleucia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Seleucia”

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