Alshaab
Alshaab is a neighborhood in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. Alshaab is situated nearby to the quarter حي التجار, as well as near the neighborhood Ur.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Baghdad College.
Baghdad College
School
Baghdad College is an elite high school for boys aged 11 to 18 in Baghdad, Iraq. It was initially a Catholic school founded by and operated by American Jesuits from Boston. Baghdad College is situated 3½ km southwest of Alshaab.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sha’ab and Ur.
Sha’ab
Suburb
Sha'ab is a neighborhood of Adhamiyah district, Baghdad, Iraq, It is subdivided into Sha'ab east, Sha'ab south, Sha'ab north. The neighborhood is almost entirely Shia Muslim especially after the Shia militias takeover of the town in 2006 led by Mahdi Army known as the JAM which committed mass murders against Sunni families in order to create a Shia zone region in Baghdad.
Ur
Neighborhood
Hayy Ur is a neighborhood in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, near Sadr city. In 2003, the United Nations Development Programme reported that almost every residence housing at least two families in Hayy Ur included a widow.
Saba Abkar
Neighborhood
Saba Abkar is an area, north of Baghdad, Iraq, located on the eastern bank of Tigris, just outside of Adhamiya. Saba Abkar is situated 3½ km west of Alshaab.
Alshaab
- Type: Neighborhood
- Also known as: “Ḩayy Sūmar, Hayy Sumar”
- Category: locality
- Location: Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.40915° or 33° 24′ 33″ northLongitude
44.39299° or 44° 23′ 35″ eastOpen location code
8H56C95V+M5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2486265730OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to German—“Alshaab” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الشعب”
- Arabic: “حي سومر”
- French: “Hayy Sumar”
- German: “Hayy Sumar”
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Localities in the Area
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