Al-Shamiya District
Al-Shamiya District is a district of Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq. Its seat is the city of Al-Shamiya. It has four subdistricts: Al-Shamiya, Ghammas, Al-Aslahea, and Almhnanwip. The Al-Shamiya branch of the Euphrates river runs through the district.- Type: district of Iraq
- Description: district in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq
- Also known as: “Al-Shamiya Qadha”, “Ash-Shāmiya Qadhā””, “Qaḑā’ ash Shāmīyah”, “Qaḑā” ash Shāmīyah”, and “Shāmiya Qadhā””
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ghammas.
Ghammas
Town
Ghammas or Al Ghammas is a town in Al-Shamiya District, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq. It is located on the Al-Shamiya branch of the Euphrates river, approximately 22 km south of district capital Al-Shamiya. Ghammas is situated 4 km south of Al-Shamiya District.
Al-Shamiya District
- Location: Al-Qadisiyah Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.7791° or 31° 46′ 45″ north
Longitude
44.6086° or 44° 36′ 31″ east
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
8H36QJH5+JC
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Al-Shamiya District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشامية”
- Arabic: “قضاء الشامية”
- Cebuano: “Qada Al-Shamiya”
- Dutch: “Al-Shamiya district”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Shamiya-distriktet”
- Persian: “الشامیه، شهرستان”
- Persian: “الشامیه”
- Swedish: “al-Shamiyya”
- Swedish: “Al-Shamiyya”
- Turkish: “Şemiye (ilçe)”
- Turkish: “Şemiye”
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