Ash Sharqīyah
Ash Sharqīyah is a locality in Samarra District, Salah ad Din Governorate. Ash Sharqīyah is situated nearby to the locality Al Qāţūl, as well as near Az Zirā‘ah.Places of Interest
Highlights include Al-Askari Shrine and Great Mosque of Samarra.
Al-Askari Shrine
Mosque
The Al-Askari Shrine, also known as the 'Askariyya Shrine and the Al-Askari Mosque, is a Twelver Shi'ite mosque and mausoleum, located in the city of Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq.
Great Mosque of Samarra
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Great Mosque of Samarra or Al-Malwiya Mosque is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, in Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq.
Samarra Barrage
Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Samarra Barrage is a multi-purpose barrage on the Tigris River adjacent of Samarra and north of Baghdad, Iraq. The main purpose of the dam is to divert floodwater in the Tigris River to Lake Tharthar through the Tharthar depression along with irrigation and an 84 MW hydro-electricity station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Samarra.
Samarra
Samarra is a city in Iraq's Baghdad Belts. In 2007, UNESCO named Samarra one of its World Heritage Sites.
Ash Sharqīyah
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Minţaqah ash Sharqīyah”, “Ash Sharqiyah”, and “The Eastern Region”
- Location: Samarra District, Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.1925° or 34° 11′ 33″ northLongitude
43.87165° or 43° 52′ 18″ eastElevation
77 metres (253 feet)Open location code
8H655VRC+XMGeoNames ID
9887622
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In Other Languages
“Ash Sharqīyah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشرقية”
- Arabic: “المنطقة الشرقية”
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