Al-Amin
Al-Amin is a suburb in Al-Rusafa, Baghdad Governorate. Al-Amin is situated nearby to the neighborhood The Second Amin, as well as near Karikur Afandi.Places of Interest
Highlights include Diniktum.
Diniktum
Archaeological site
Diniktum, inscribed Di-ni-ik-tumKI, was a still unlocated middle bronze-age town often thought to be located somewhere in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. Diniktum is situated 4 km southwest of Al-Amin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Amin al-Thaniyah and New Baghdad.
Al-Amin al-Thaniyah
Quarter
Al-Amin al-Thaniyah is a neighborhood in New Baghdad, a district on the east side of Baghdad. It was named after the Caliph al-Amin. In 2003, Shiites renamed it to "Al-Murthadha District", after Ali Murthadha, the first Shiite imam.
New Baghdad
Quarter
New Baghdad or Baghdad al-Jidida is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. This district has eight Neighborhood Advisory Councils and a District Advisory Council. New Baghdad is situated 2½ km southwest of Al-Amin.
Zayouna
Suburb
Zayouna is a neighbourhood of east Baghdad, Iraq. It is a diverse, upper middle-class area bordering the affluent Karrada suburb. Organisations based in Zayouna include the Iraq Football Association; the "Baghdad Bulletin", Iraq's English-language news magazine; and Tariq bin Ziad High School, featured in British-American-French television documentary film, The Boys from Baghdad High. Zayouna is situated 5 km west of Al-Amin.
Al-Amin
- Type: Suburb
- Also known as: “Al Amin”, “Al Amīn”, “Ḩayy al Amīn”, and “الأمين”
- Category: locality
- Location: Al-Rusafa, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.31626° or 33° 18′ 59″ north
Longitude
44.51308° or 44° 30′ 47″ east
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
Open location code
8H568G87+G6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
GeoNames ID
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In Other Languages
“Al-Amin” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الامين”
- Arabic: “حي الامين”
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