Abu Ghraib District

Abu-Ghraib is a district in , . Its hub is the city of . The population of the district was 189,000 as of 2003 100,000 people in the city of victory and peace and 89,000 people distributed to the rest of the judiciary.
Wikipedia
  • Type: district of Iraq with 190,000 residents
  • Description: district in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
  • Also known as: “Qada Abu Ghraib”, “قضاء أبوغريب”, “قضاء ابو غريب”, and “قضاء ابوغريب”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Baghdad Central Prison and Karkh cemetery.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Abu Ghraib prison was a complex in , Iraq, located 32 kilometers west of .

Cemetery
Photo: Mahmoudalrawi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al-Karkh Islamic cemetery is a cemetery located in the town of , Iraq. is situated 3½ km northwest of Abu Ghraib District.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Nasr Wal Salam.

Town
or Nasser Wa Salaam is a city in the… is situated 4 km northwest of Abu Ghraib District.

Abu Ghraib District

Latitude
33.2919° or 33° 17′ 31″ north
Longitude
44.0692° or 44° 4′ 9″ east
Population
190,000
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
Open location code
8H5673R9+QM
Geo­Names ID
9166542
Wiki­data ID
Q4670189
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Abu Ghraib District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قضاء أبي غريب”
  • Cebuano: “Abu Ghraib District”
  • Dutch: “Abu Ghraib district”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Abu Ghraib-distriktet”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Swedish: “Abu Ghraib District”
  • Turkish: “Ebu Gureyb (ilçe)”
  • Turkish: “Ebu Gureyb”
  • Uzbek: “Abu Gʻraib tumani”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Khān Ḑārī and Ar Radwaniyah.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Al Karkh Islamic Cemetery and Tall Rumḩ.

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