Karrada
Karrada district is a large district in the city of Baghdad, Iraq. An upper-class district, it is divided into western and eastern side by the Tigris, known as Karrada Maryam and Eastern Karrada respectively.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq
- Also known as: “Al Karrādah”, “Al Karrādah ash Sharqīyah”, “al-Karrada”, “Hayy al Karradah”, “Ḩayy al Karrādah”, “Karābla”, “Karada”, “Karradah Sharqiyah”, “Nāḩiyat al Karrādah”, “Nāḩiyat al Karrādah ash Sharqīyah”, and “حي الكرادة”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Apostolic Nunciature and 17th of Ramadan Mosque.
Apostolic Nunciature
Government office
The Apostolic Nuncio to Iraq is the representative of the Holy See in Iraq. He is appointed by the pope and represents all Catholics in the country, both Latin Rite and Eastern Catholic.
17th of Ramadan Mosque
Place of worship
Photo: Usamasaad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The 17th of Ramadan Mosque is a mosque in al-Rusafa, Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. The mosque is situated in the eastern Karrada district, opposite al-Firdos Square, in front of the Ishtar Hotel.
Timthal Baghdad
Work of art
Photo: Ayat Jaryan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timthal Baghdad is a public monument in Baghdad, created by the sculptor Mohammed Ghani Hikmat and inaugurated in 2013. It is a tall column with a woman dressed in Abbasid costume sitting on the top.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Zayouna and Bab Al-Sharqi.
Zayouna
Suburb
Zayouna is a neighbourhood of east Baghdad, Iraq. It is a mixed-race, upper middle-class area bordering the affluent Karrada suburb. Organisations based in Zayouna include the Iraq Football Association; the "Baghdad Bulletin", Iraq's English-language news magazine; and Tariq bin Ziad High School, featured in British-American-French television documentary film, The Boys from Baghdad High. Zayouna is situated 3 km northeast of Karrada.
Bab Al-Sharqi
Suburb
Bab Al-Sharqi is a neighborhood of central Baghdad, Iraq. It is bordered with Shorja and Bataween. The area surrounding Bab Al-Sharqi market is a stronghold of the Mahdi Army, the main Shia militia in central Iraq. Bab Al-Sharqi is situated 3½ km northwest of Karrada.
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.
Karrada
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Al-Rusafa, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.3055° or 33° 18′ 20″ northLongitude
44.43472° or 44° 26′ 5″ eastElevation
41 metres (135 feet)Open location code
8H568C4M+5VOpenStreetMap ID
node 12044401991OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Karrada” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الكرادة الشرقية”
- Arabic: “الكرادة”
- Arabic: “الكراده”
- Arabic: “كرادة خارج”
- Arabic: “كرادة، بغداد”
- Arabic: “كرادة”
- Arabic: “ناحية الكرادة الشرقية”
- Bulgarian: “Карада”
- Bulgarian: “Керада”
- Chinese: “卡拉达”
- Chinese: “卡拉達”
- Dutch: “Karrada”
- French: “Karrada”
- German: “Al-Karāda”
- German: “Karrada”
- Hebrew: “כראדה”
- Hindi: “कराडा”
- Japanese: “カッラーダ地区”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karadah”
- Persian: “کراده”
- Persian: “محله کراده”
- Persian: “محلهٔ کراده”
- Russian: “Аль-Каррада”
- Turkish: “Kerrade”
- Urdu: “کرادہ”
- Uzbek: “Karrada”
- Waray (Philippines): “Karadah”
- Waray (Philippines): “Karrada”
- Waray (Philippines): “Karradah”
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