Abu Ghraib

Abu Ghraib is a city in the of , located just west of 's city center, or northwest of . It has a population of 900,000.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 900,000 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Abou Ghraïb”, “Abu Gharaib”, “Abu Ghoreib”, “Abu ghraib”, “Abu Ghraib fængslet”, “Abū Ghraib Farms”, “Abu Ghraib-fængslet”, “Abu Ghraib, أبي غريب”, “Abu Ghreib”, “Abu Ghurayb”, “Abu Ghureib”, “Abu Grahib”, “Abu Graib”, “Mazāri‘ Abī Ghurayb”, “Mazārı‘ Abī Gharīb”, “Абу Грейб”, “Абу-Грайб”, “אבו-גרייב”, “أبو غريب (مدينه)”, “أبي غريب (مدينة)”, “ابو غريب (مدينة)”, “مدينة أبو غريب”, “مدينة أبوغريب”, “مدينة أبي غريب”, “مدينة ابو غريب”, and “مدينة ابوغريب”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Dur-Kurigalzu ziggurat.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
Dur-Kurigalzu was a city in southern Mesopotamia, near… is situated 5 km northeast of Abu Ghraib.

Abu Ghraib

Latitude
33.3145° or 33° 18′ 52″ north
Longitude
44.1682° or 44° 10′ 6″ east
Population
900,000
Elevation
42 metres (138 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IQ ABU
Open location code
8H568579+Q7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4381386254
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
100077
Wiki­data ID
Q335021
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Abu Ghraib” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبو غريب”
  • Armenian: “Աբու Ղրայբ”
  • Asturian: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Basque: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Belarusian: “Абу-Грэйб”
  • Bengali: “আবু গারিব”
  • Bulgarian: “Абу Граиб”
  • Catalan: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Cebuano: “Abū Ghurayb”
  • Chinese: “阿布格莱布”
  • Chinese: “阿布格萊布”
  • Czech: “Abú Ghrajb”
  • Danish: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Dutch: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ابو غريب”
  • Esperanto: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Estonian: “Abū Ghurayb”
  • Finnish: “Abu Ghraib”
  • French: “Abou Ghraib”
  • Galician: “Abu Ghraib - أبو غريب”
  • Galician: “Abu Ghraib”
  • German: “Abu Ghuraib”
  • Hausa: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Hebrew: “אבו גרייב”
  • Indonesian: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Italian: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Japanese: “アブ・グレイブ”
  • Korean: “아부 그라이브”
  • Korean: “아부그라이브”
  • Latin: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Malay: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Norwegian: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Persian: “ابو غریب”
  • Persian: “ابو قرایب”
  • Polish: “Abu Ghurajb”
  • Russian: “Абу-Грейб”
  • Spanish: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Swedish: “Abū Ghurayb”
  • Ukrainian: “Абу-Грейб”
  • Urdu: “ابو غریب”
  • Urdu: “ابوغریب”
  • Welsh: “Abu Ghraib”

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