Samarra Old Cemetery
Samarra Old Cemetery is a cemetery in Al-Daur District, Salah ad Din Governorate. Samarra Old Cemetery is situated nearby to the archaeological site Great Mosque of Samarra, as well as near the tower Malwiya.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Mosque of Samarra and Malwiya.
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 560 metres north of Samarra Old Cemetery.
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 670 metres north of Samarra Old Cemetery.
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. Samarra Barrage is situated 2½ km west of Samarra Old Cemetery.
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.
Samarra Old Cemetery
- Type: Cemetery
- Also known as: “Maqbarat Sāmarrā’ al Qadīmah” and “Old Sāmarrā’ Cemetery”
- Category: burial
- Location: Al-Daur District, Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.20138° or 34° 12′ 5″ northLongitude
43.87821° or 43° 52′ 42″ eastElevation
80 metres (262 feet)Open location code
8H656V2H+H7GeoNames ID
10347986
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In Other Languages
“Samarra Old Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقبرة سامراء القديمة”
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