Mansour
Mansour is a suburb in Karkh, Baghdad Governorate. Mansour is situated nearby to the quarter Andalus, as well as near حي المتنبي.Places of Interest
Highlights include Embassy of Germany and As-Salam Palace.
Embassy of Germany
Government office
Photo: James (Jim) Gordon, CC BY 2.0.
The Embassy of Germany in Bagdad is the diplomatic mission of the Federal Republic of Germany in Iraq. In addition, the Consulate General is working in Erbil as the second German representation in the Kurdistan Region in the north of the country.
As-Salam Palace
Castle
Photo: Botsojoy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The as-Salam Palace, previously a home of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Since 2012, the palace has been certified as a Republican Palace. As-Salam Palace is situated 3 km southeast of Mansour.
Baghdad Mall
Shopping center
Photo: MohammadHuzam, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Baghdad Mall is a multi-purpose building consisting of a shopping mall, a hotel and a medical centre in Baghdad, Iraq. Located in Harthiya, at the intersection between the Damascus street and Al-Kindi street, it is one of the largest shopping malls in Baghdad.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mansour district and Yarmouk.
Mansour district
Quarter
Al-Mansour or just Mansour is one of the nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. It is in western Baghdad and is bounded on the east by al-Karkh district in central Baghdad, to the north by Kadhimiya, to the west by Baghdad International Airport, and to the south by Baghdad Airport Road, on the other side of which is al-Rashid district.
Yarmouk
Neighborhood
Yarmouk is an upmarket neighborhood located within Mansour district in Baghdad, Iraq. It is adjacent to Baghdad Airport Road. Built in the 1950s, it was once home to numbers of high-ranking officials from Abdul-Karim Qasim's government.
Al Khadhraa
Quarter
Al Khadhraa is a neighborhood in Mansour district, western Baghdad, Iraq. In 2004, the Iraqi Red Crescent Society opened a camp in Al Khadraa to provide shelter and assistance for families displaced by an upsurge in violence in Fallujah. Al Khadhraa is situated 3 km west of Mansour.
Mansour
- Type: Suburb
- Also known as: “Al-Mansour”, “Manṣūr”, and “منصور”
- Category: locality
- Location: Karkh, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.31748° or 33° 19′ 3″ northLongitude
44.33906° or 44° 20′ 21″ eastOpen location code
8H56888Q+XJOpenStreetMap ID
node 12044401997OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Mansour” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المنصور”
- Chinese: “曼苏尔区”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mansou”
- Norwegian: “Mansour”
- Swedish: “Al-Mansour”
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