Al-Shu’ala
Al-Shu'ala is a lower middle class district of Baghdad, Iraq. It is heavily populated and its inhabitants are working class families of limited income.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighborhood in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
- Also known as: “Ash Shu‘lah”, “Ash Shu’lah”, “Ash Shulah”, “Ash Shulah, Ash Shulah”, “Ḩayy ash Shu‘lah”, “Madinat ash Shu‘lah”, “Shualah District”, and “حي الشعلة”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ghazaliya and Kadhimiya.
Ghazaliya
Suburb
Ghazaliya is a neighborhood in the western outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, in the city's Mansour district. To the north of Ghazaliya is the neighborhood of Al-Shu'ala, to the east is Al-Adel, to the south is Al Khadhraa, and to the west is Abu Ghraib.
Kadhimiya
Suburb
Photo: Ligadier Truffaut, CC BY 2.0.
Kadhimiya or Kadhimayn is a northern neighbourhood of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It is about 5 kilometres from the city's center, on the west bank of the Tigris. Kadhimiya is situated 4½ km east of Al-Shu’ala.
Al Khadhraa
Quarter
Al Khadhraa is a neighborhood in Mansour district, western Baghdad, Iraq. In 2004, the Iraqi Red Crescent Society opened a camp in Al Khadraa to provide shelter and assistance for families displaced by an upsurge in violence in Fallujah. Al Khadhraa is situated 5 km southeast of Al-Shu’ala.
Al-Shu’ala
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Al-Kāżimiyyah, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.36404° or 33° 21′ 51″ northLongitude
44.28422° or 44° 17′ 3″ eastElevation
37 metres (121 feet)Open location code
8H56977M+JMOpenStreetMap ID
node 2486307468OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Persian—“Al-Shu’ala” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشعلة”
- Arabic: “الشعله”
- Arabic: “شعلة”
- Arabic: “مدينة الشعلة”
- Central Kurdish: “ئەلشووعلە”
- Dutch: “Al-Shu’ala”
- French: “Ash Shulah”
- German: “Ash Shulah”
- Persian: “الشعله”
- Persian: “محله الشعله”
- Persian: “محلهٔ الشعله”
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