Yarmouk

Yarmouk is an upmarket neighborhood located within in , . It is adjacent to Baghdad Airport Road. Built in the 1950s, it was once home to numbers of high-ranking officials from Abdul-Karim Qasim's government.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: Neighbourhoods of Baghdad
  • Also known as: “Yarmouk, Baghdad”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Umm al-Tabul Mosque and As-Salam Palace.

Place of worship
Photo: Hamody al-iraqi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a large located in the Yarmouk neighborhood of , in the of . Built in commemoration of the officers participating in the 1959 Mosul uprising, the mosque is notable for its unique architecture which takes inspiration from Egyptian Islamic architecture, specifically the in .

Castle
Photo: Botsojoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a palace located on Al-Kindi Street in the of , . Rather than serving as the residence of the former president of Iraq Saddam Hussein and his family, it primarily housed visiting foreign dignitaries.

Building
, previously called International Saddam Tower, is a 204 m TV tower in , . The tower opened in 1994 and replaced a communications tower destroyed in the Gulf War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mansour district and Al Khadhraa.

Quarter
Al-Mansour or just Mansour is one of the nine administrative districts in , . It is in western Baghdad and is bounded on the east by district in central Baghdad, to the north by , to the west by , and to the south by Baghdad Airport Road, on the other side of which is al-Rashid district.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in , western , . 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 . is situated 4 km northwest of Yarmouk.

Neighborhood
Photo: NetSerfer, Public domain.
The Green Zone, formally Karradat Mariam, is a 10-square-kilometer area in the of central , . It is the seat of the government of Iraq, home to government offices, ministries, state institutions, diplomatic missions, and palaces. is situated 4 km east of Yarmouk.

Yarmouk

Latitude
33.29801° or 33° 17′ 53″ north
Longitude
44.34216° or 44° 20′ 32″ east
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Open location code
8H5678XR+6V
Open­Street­Map ID
way 445111563
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
7798653
Wiki­data ID
Q8049378
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Satellite Map

Discover Yarmouk from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Yarmouk” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “اليرموك”
  • Arabic: “حي اليرموك”

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