Samud Square
Samud Square is a square in Al-Daur District, Salah ad Din Governorate.| 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 1¼ km northwest of Samud Square.
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 1¼ km northwest of Samud 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 3½ km west of Samud 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.
Samud Square
- Type: Square
- Also known as: “Aş Şumūd Square” and “Sāḩat aş Şumūd”
- Location: Al-Daur District, Salah ad Din Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
34.19826° or 34° 11′ 54″ northLongitude
43.89034° or 43° 53′ 25″ eastElevation
78 metres (256 feet)Open location code
8H655VXR+84GeoNames ID
10349318
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In Other Languages
“Samud Square” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ساحة الصمود”
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