Samarra Square
Samarra Square is a square in Samarra District, Salah ad Din Governorate.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Great Mosque of Samarra and Samarra Barrage.
Great Mosque of Samarra
Archaeological site
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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. Great Mosque of Samarra is situated 1¼ km east of Samarra Square.
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 1½ km southwest of Samarra Square.
Malwiya
Tower
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. Malwiya is situated 1¼ km east of Samarra Square.
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 Square
- Type: Square
- Location: Samarra District, Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.20353° or 34° 12′ 13″ northLongitude
43.86773° or 43° 52′ 4″ eastElevation
73 metres (240 feet)Open location code
8H656V39+C3GeoNames ID
10349115
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