Mansour district
Al-Mansour or just Mansour is one of the nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. It is in western Baghdad and is bounded on the east by al-Karkh district in central Baghdad, to the north by Kadhimiya, to the west by Baghdad International Airport, and to the south by Baghdad Airport Road, on the other side of which is al-Rashid district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter
- Description: district in Baghdad, Iraq
- Also known as: “Al Mansur”, “Al Manşūr”, “Al Manşūr, Al Mansur”, “Al Mansur, المنصور”, “Ḩayy al Manşūr”, “Madīnat al Manşūr”, “Mansour”, “Mansour, Baghdad, Iraq”, “Mansour, Iraq”, “Manṣūr”, and “Manṣūr, Baghdad, Iraq”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Embassy of Germany and Baghdad Mall.
Embassy of Germany
Government office
Photo: James (Jim) Gordon, CC BY 2.0.
The Embassy of Germany in Bagdad is the diplomatic mission of the Federal Republic of Germany in Iraq. In addition, the Consulate General is working in Erbil as the second German representation in the Kurdistan Region in the north of the country.
Baghdad Mall
Shopping center
Photo: MohammadHuzam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baghdad Mall is a multi-purpose building consisting of a shopping mall, a hotel and a medical centre in Baghdad, Iraq. Located in Harthiya, at the intersection between the Damascus street and Al-Kindi street, it is one of the largest shopping malls in Baghdad.
As-Salam Palace
Castle
Photo: Botsojoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The as-Salam Palace, previously a home of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Since 2012, the palace has been certified as a Republican Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yarmouk and International Zone of Baghdad.
Yarmouk
Neighborhood
Yarmouk is an upmarket neighborhood located within Mansour district in Baghdad, Iraq. 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.
International Zone of Baghdad
Neighborhood
The Green Zone, formally Karradat Mariam, is a 10-square-kilometer area in the Karkh district of central Baghdad, Iraq. It is the seat of the government of Iraq, home to government offices, ministries, state institutions, diplomatic missions, and palaces. International Zone of Baghdad is situated 3½ km east of Mansour district.
Baghdad
Photo: Marduksumer, Public domain.
Baghdad is the capital and largest city of Iraq, with an estimated population of 6-7 million. Once one of the greatest centres of learning and culture in the world, Baghdad was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.
Mansour district
- Categories: neighborhood, district, and locality
- Location: Karkh, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.31193° or 33° 18′ 43″ northLongitude
44.34979° or 44° 20′ 59″ eastElevation
41 metres (135 feet)Open location code
8H56886X+QWOpenStreetMap ID
node 2486262244OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Mansour district” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المنصور”
- Arabic: “حي المنصور”
- Catalan: “Mansour”
- Central Kurdish: “گەڕەکی مەنسوور”
- Chinese: “曼苏尔区”
- Dutch: “Mansour district”
- French: “Al Mansur”
- German: “Al Mansur”
- Japanese: “マンスール”
- Japanese: “マンスール地区”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mansour”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mansour-distriktet”
- Norwegian: “Mansour”
- Swedish: “Al-Mansour”
- Turkish: “Mansur (ilçe)”
- Turkish: “Mansur”
- Urdu: “ضلع منصور”
- Uzbek: “Mansur tumani”
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