Al Jazīrah

Al Jazīrah is a locality in Karkh, Baghdad Governorate. Al Jazīrah is situated nearby to the neighborhood Al Jazair, as well as near the locality Sālim al Ḩammādi.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Camp Al-Saqr.

Camp Al-Saqr

Military installation

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Camp Al-Saqr, referred to by some media sources as Camp Falcon, Forward Operating Base Falcon, Joint Security Station Falcon, or Combat Outpost Falcon, was a United States military forward operating base in Iraq a short distance outside Baghdad, some 13 kilometres south of the Green Zone. Camp Al-Saqr is situated 4 km south of Al Jazīrah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Saydiya and Dora.

Al-Saydiya

Quarter

Al-Saydiya is a neighborhood in the Al Rashid district of southwestern Baghdad, Iraq. Baiyaa is to the north and Dora to the east. A once middle-class district, much of Al-Saydiya was built within the last three decades on prime real estate between Baghdad Airport Road and the main highway where it forks into central Baghdad and south to Basra.

Dora

Suburb

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Dora is a neighborhood in Al Rashid administrative district, southern Baghdad, Iraq. Before the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, it was home to the city's largest concentration of Christian Assyrians, as well as Mandaeans and Muslim families. Dora is situated 3 km east of Al Jazīrah.

Al-Rasheed

Quarter

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Al Rasheed or Al Rashid is one of the nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. It is in southern Baghdad, on the western side of the Tigris River. Mansour district is to the north of the western half of the district, on the other side of the Baghdad Airport Road. Al-Rasheed is situated 4½ km northwest of Al Jazīrah.

Al Jazīrah

Type: Locality
Also known as: “Al Jazirah” and “Jizīra”
Location: Karkh, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

33.24417° or 33° 14′ 39″ north

Longitude

44.37417° or 44° 22′ 27″ east

Elevation

37 metres (121 feet)

Open location code

8H5669VF+MM

GeoNames ID

387280

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