Al-Mada’in District

Al-Mada'in District is a district of the , . It includes the city of , which incorporates the ancient ruins of , and the oldest freestanding mud brick arch in the world.
Wikipedia
  • Type: district of Iraq
  • Description: district in Baghdad, Iraq
  • Also known as: “Qaḑā’ al Madā’in”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Taq Kasra and Salman Al-Muhammadi Shrine.

Monument
Photo: Safa.daneshvar, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tāq Kasrā, also transcribed as Taq-i Kisra or Taq-e Kesra or Ayvān-e Kesrā are the remains of a Sasanian-era Persian monument, dated to c. the 3rd to 6th centuries, which is sometimes called the Arch of Ctesiphon.

Tomb
The Mosque of Salman al-Farsi is a located in the city of , district, in the province of Diyala, in the of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ctesiphon.

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a ruin in . It was once an ancient Persian capital city, but only a former palace, with the world's largest unreinforced arch, remains standing. The town of Salman Pak is nearby, and is also covered in this article.

Al-Mada’in District

Latitude
33.0995° or 33° 5′ 58″ north
Longitude
44.5856° or 44° 35′ 8″ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
8H563HXP+Q6
Geo­Names ID
9179819
Wiki­data ID
Q4702753
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Al-Mada’in District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المدائن‎”
  • Arabic: “قضاء المدائن”
  • Belarusian: “Аль-Мадаін”
  • Cebuano: “Al-Mada’in District”
  • Dutch: “Al-Mada’in district”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Mada’in-distriktet”
  • Persian: “بخش ال-مدائن”
  • Persian: “شهرستان المدائن”
  • Russian: “Аль-Мадаин”
  • Swedish: “Al-Mada’in District”
  • Turkish: “Medâin (ilçe)”
  • Turkish: “Medâin”
  • Uzbek: “Al-Madain tumani”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ctesiphon and Tall Mujaddid.

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