Az Zuhūr
Az Zuhūr is a locality in Samarra District, Salah ad Din Governorate. Az Zuhūr is situated nearby to the locality Al Qal‘ah, as well as near Arab Mahmud Abbas.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Great Mosque of Samarra and Samarra Barrage.
Great Mosque of Samarra
Archaeological site
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The Great Mosque of Samarra is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, located in Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq. The mosque was commissioned in 848 CE and completed in 851 by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil. Great Mosque of Samarra is situated 3½ km northeast of Az Zuhūr.
Samarra Barrage
Power station
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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.
Malwiya
Tower
The Great Mosque of Samarra is a former congregational mosque, now in partial ruins, located in Samarra, in the Saladin Governorate of Iraq. The mosque was commissioned in 848 CE and completed in 851 by the Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil. Malwiya is situated 3½ km northeast of Az Zuhūr.
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.
Az Zuhūr
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Az Zuhur”
- Location: Samarra District, Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.18247° or 34° 10′ 57″ northLongitude
43.85416° or 43° 51′ 15″ eastElevation
65 metres (213 feet)Open location code
8H655VJ3+XMGeoNames ID
10347601
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In Other Languages
“Az Zuhūr” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الزهور”
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Localities in the Area
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