Karkh

Al-Karkh or just Karkh is historically the name of the western half of , , or alternatively, the western shore of the River as it ran through Baghdad.
Wikipedia
  • 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.

Shopping center
Photo: MohammadHuzam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-purpose building consisting of a , a hotel and a medical centre in , . Located in , at the intersection between the Damascus street and Al-Kindi street, it is one of the largest shopping malls in Baghdad.

Park
Photo: Mohmmd Abd, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Zawraa Park or Al-Zawraa Garden is a public park located in , Iraq. Established in the early 1970s, the 3-square kilometer area was previously an army camp until it was converted into a park.

Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Baghdad Central Station or Baghdad International Station is the main train station in . It links the rail network to the south and the north of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mansour district and International Zone of Baghdad.

Quarter
Al-Mansour or just Mansour is one of the nine administrative districts in , . It is in western Baghdad and is bounded on the east by al-Karkh district in central Baghdad, to the north by , to the west by , and to the south by Baghdad Airport Road, on the other side of which is al-Rashid district.

Neighborhood
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The Green Zone, formally Karradat Mariam, is a 10-square-kilometer area in the Karkh district of central , . It is the seat of the government of Iraq, home to government offices, ministries, state institutions, diplomatic missions, and palaces.

Photo: Marduksumer, Public domain.
is the capital and largest city of , with an estimated population of 6-7 million. Once one of the greatest centres of learning and culture in the world, was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age.

Karkh

Latitude
33.31638° or 33° 18′ 59″ north
Longitude
44.36589° or 44° 21′ 57″ east
Elevation
38 metres (125 feet)
Open location code
8H568988+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4389132593
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
99178
Wiki­data ID
Q3777050
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Satellite Map

Discover Karkh from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • Chinese: “卡爾赫”
  • 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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