Sha’ab
Sha'ab is a neighborhood of Adhamiyah district, Baghdad, Iraq, It is subdivided into Sha'ab east, Sha'ab south, Sha'ab north. The neighborhood is almost entirely Shia Muslim especially after the Shia militias takeover of the town in 2006 led by Mahdi Army known as the JAM which committed mass murders against Sunni families in order to create a Shia zone region in Baghdad.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb
- Description: Neighborhood in Baghdad
- Also known as: “Al-Sha’ab”, “Sha’ab, Baghdad”, and “شعب”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baghdad College.
Baghdad College
School
Baghdad College is an elite high school for boys aged 11 to 18 in Baghdad, Iraq. It was initially a Catholic school founded by and operated by American Jesuits from Boston. Baghdad College is situated 4 km southwest of Sha’ab.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ur and Saba Abkar.
Ur
Neighborhood
Hayy Ur is a neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, near Sadr city. In 2003, the United Nations Development Programme reported that almost every residence housing at least two families in Hayy Ur included a widow.
Saba Abkar
Neighborhood
Saba Abkar is an area, north of Baghdad, Iraq, located on the eastern bank of Tigris, just outside of Adhamiya. Saba Abkar is situated 4 km west of Sha’ab.
Al-Wazireya
Quarter
Al-Wazireya or Waziriyah is a neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, Iraq. It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Utafiyah. Al-Wazireya is situated 5 km south of Sha’ab.
Sha’ab
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.41271° or 33° 24′ 46″ northLongitude
44.39575° or 44° 23′ 45″ eastElevation
38 metres (125 feet)Open location code
8H56C97W+38OpenStreetMap ID
node 12044401994OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Sha’ab” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشعب”
- Arabic: “منطقة الشعب”
- Dutch: “Sha’ab, Baghdad”
- German: “Al-Shaab”
- German: “Asch-Schaʿb”
- Japanese: “シャアブ”
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