New Baghdad
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Quarter
- Description: neighborhood in Iraq
- Also known as: “Baghdad Al-Jedeeda, بغداد الجديدة” and “Baghdad Al-Jidida”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Diniktum and Hermal Archaeological Site.
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.
Hermal Archaeological Site
Protected area
Shaduppum, modern Tell Harmal, is an archaeological site in Baghdad Governorate. Nowadays, it lies within the borders of modern Baghdad about 600 meters from the site of Tell Muhammad.
Tell Muhammad
Archaeological site
Tell Muhammad is an ancient Near East archaeological site currently in the outskirts of Baghdad, along the Tigris River in the Diyala region. It is a very short distance from the site of Tell Harmal to the north and not far from the site of Tell al-Dhiba'i to the northeast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Amin al-Thaniyah and Zayouna.
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.
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 4 km northwest of New Baghdad.
Karrada
Suburb
Karrada is an affluent district in the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It covers a large area, divided into western and eastern side by the Tigris. An upper-class district, it is well-known for luxurious hotels, shopping centers and corporate headquarters. Karrada is situated 5 km west of New Baghdad.
New Baghdad
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Al-Rusafa, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.30369° or 33° 18′ 13″ northLongitude
44.48936° or 44° 29′ 22″ eastElevation
36 metres (118 feet)Open location code
8H568F3Q+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 2202187529OpenStreetMap feature
place=quarter
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“New Baghdad” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بغداد الجديدة”
- Arabic: “بغداد الجديده”
- Dutch: “New Baghdad”
- German: “Neu-Bagdad”
- Japanese: “新バグダード”
- Spanish: “Al Jidida”
- Spanish: “Al-Jidida”
- Spanish: “Bagdad Jadida”
- Spanish: “Nuevo Bagdad”
- Turkish: “Yeni Bağdat”
- Urdu: “نیا بغداد”
- Uzbek: “Yangi Bagʻdod”
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