Karkh
Al-Karkh or just Karkh is historically the name of the western half of Baghdad, Iraq, or alternatively, the western shore of the Tigris River as it ran through Baghdad.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Borough
- Description: historical name of the western shore of the Tigris River in Baghdad
- Also known as: “Al Karkh”, “Al-Karkh”, and “El-Karkh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baghdad Mall and Zawraa Park.
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. Located in Harthiya, Baghdad at the intersection between Damascus street and Al-Kindi street, it is one of the largest shopping malls in Baghdad.
Zawraa Park
Park
Photo: Mohmmd Abd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Zawraa Park or Al-Zawraa Garden is a public park located in Baghdad, Iraq. Established in the early 1970s, the 3-square kilometer area was previously an army camp until it was converted into a park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mansour district and International Zone of Baghdad.
Mansour district
Quarter
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.
International Zone of Baghdad
Neighborhood
The Green Zone, also known as the International Zone of Baghdad 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.
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.
Karkh
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Al-Kāżimiyyah, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.31638° or 33° 18′ 59″ northLongitude
44.36589° or 44° 21′ 57″ eastElevation
38 metres (125 feet)Open location code
8H568988+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 4389132593OpenStreetMap feature
place=borough
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Karkh” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الكرخ”
- Arabic: “حي الكرخ”
- Arabic: “كرخ”
- Azerbaijani: “Kərx”
- Catalan: “al-Karkh”
- Catalan: “Al-Karkh”
- Catalan: “Karkh”
- Cebuano: “Karkh”
- Central Kurdish: “کەرخ”
- Chinese: “卡尔克区”
- Chinese: “卡爾克區”
- Dutch: “Karkh”
- Esperanto: “Karĥ”
- French: “Al-Karkh”
- French: “Karkh”
- German: “al-Karch”
- German: “Karch”
- Hebrew: “כרח‘”
- Indonesian: “Al-Karkh”
- Indonesian: “Karkh”
- Italian: “Karkh”
- Japanese: “カルフ”
- Kazakh: “Аль-Карх”
- Kazakh: “Әл-Карх”
- Kazakh: “Карх”
- Kazakh: “Эль-Карх”
- Macedonian: “Карх”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Karkh”
- Persian: “کرخ”
- Polish: “Karkh”
- Russian: “Аль-Карх”
- Russian: “Каркх”
- Russian: “Карх”
- Russian: “Эль-Карх”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Karh”
- Spanish: “Al-Karj”
- Spanish: “Al-Karkh”
- Spanish: “Karj”
- Swedish: “Karkh”
- Tajik: “Карх”
- Turkish: “Kerh”
- Urdu: “الکرخ”
- Urdu: “کرخ”
- Uzbek: “Karx”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include استاد نادي الكرخ الرياضي and Arabian Knight Square.
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