Qaryat al Masāfir

Qaryat al Masāfir is a locality in , . Qaryat al Masāfir is situated nearby to the area , as well as near the village .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Camp Al-Saqr.

Military installation
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, referred to by some media sources as Camp Falcon, Forward Operating Base Falcon, Joint Security Station Falcon, or Combat Outpost Falcon, was a United States military forward operating base in a short distance outside , some 13 kilometres south of the . is situated 3½ km north of Qaryat al Masāfir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Saydiya and Dora.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in the Al Rashid district of southwestern , . Baiyaa is to the north and to the east. A once middle-class district, much of was built within the last three decades on prime real estate between Baghdad Airport Road and the main highway where it forks into central Baghdad and south to . is situated 8 km north of Qaryat al Masāfir.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in Al Rashid administrative district, southern , . Before the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, it was home to the city's largest concentration of Christian Assyrians, as well as Mandaeans and Muslim families. is situated 9 km northeast of Qaryat al Masāfir.

Quarter
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or Al Rashid is one of the nine administrative districts in Baghdad, . It is in southern Baghdad, on the western side of the River. is to the north of the western half of the district, on the other side of the Baghdad Airport Road. is situated 9 km north of Qaryat al Masāfir.

Qaryat al Masāfir

Latitude
33.17849° or 33° 10′ 43″ north
Longitude
44.35683° or 44° 21′ 25″ east
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
8H5659H4+9P
Geo­Names ID
93835
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In Other Languages

“Qaryat al Masāfir” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المسافر”
  • Arabic: “قرية البعث الأولى”
  • Arabic: “قرية المسافر”
  • Arabic: “مجيد شعلان”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Qal‘at Fāḑil and Tulūl ‘Urayriḩ.

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