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
  • Borough
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (120 feet)
  • Description: historical name of the western shore of the Tigris River in Baghdad
  • Also known as
    “Al Karkh”
    “El-Karkh”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Baghdad Mall and Zawraa Park.
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is a multi-purpose building consisting…
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Al-Zawraa Park or Al-Zawraa Garden is a public park located in , Iraq.
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Baghdad Central Station or Baghdad International Station is the main train station in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mansour district and International Zone of Baghdad.
Al-Mansour or just Mansour is one of the nine administrative districts in , .
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The Green Zone, formally Karradat Mariam…
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is the capital and largest city of , with an estimated population of 6-7 million.

Karkh

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Latitude
33.31638° or 33° 18′ 59″ north
Longitude
44.36589° or 44° 21′ 57″ east
Open location code
8H568988+H9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4389132593
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­borough
Geo­Names ID
99178
Wiki­data ID
Q3777050

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: “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”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include استاد نادي الكرخ الرياضي and Arabian Knight Square.

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