Samarra

Samarra is a city in 's . In 2007, UNESCO named Samarra one of its World Heritage Sites.
  • City with about 140,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 80 metres (260 feet)
  • Description: city in Iraq
  • Also known as
    “Saimarreh”
    “Sāmarrah”
    “مدينة العسكريين”
    “مدينة سامراء”

Places of Interest

Discover Great Mosque of Samarra and Al-Askari Shrine.
Archaeological site
The or Al-Malwiya Mosque…
The , also known as the 'Askariyya…
The Great Mosque of Samarra or Al-Malwiya Mosque…
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Latitude
34.1957° or 34° 11′ 45″ north
Longitude
43.8893° or 43° 53′ 21″ east
UN/LOCODE
IQ SAM
Open location code
8H655VWQ+7P
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Samarra” goes by many names.
الكافيArabic
المهدي عند الشيعةArabic
سامراء|Arabic
سامرائArabic
سر من رأىArabic
مرقدي الإمامين علي الهادي والحسن العسكريArabic
واسألوا أهل الذكرArabic
ՍամարաArmenian
ՍամարրաArmenian
SamarraAsturian
SamərraAzerbaijani
SəmərraAzerbaijani
СәмәррәBashkir
SamarraBasque
СамараBelarusian
Самара (Ірак)Belarusian
সামাররাBengali
সামারাBengali
স্যামাররাBengali
СамараBulgarian
ဆမ်မာရာမြို့Burmese
Cultura de SamarraCatalan
SamarraCatalan
Sāmarrā’Cebuano
سامەڕاCentral Kurdish
萨迈拉Chinese
薩邁拉Chinese
SamarraCroatian
SámarráCzech
SamarraDagbani
SamarraDanish
SamarraDimli (individual language)
SamarraDutch
سامراEgyptian Arabic
SamaroEsperanto
SamarraEsperanto
Sāmarrā’Estonian
SamarraFanti
SamarraFarefare
SamarraFinnish
SamarraGalician
სამარაGeorgian
ΣαμάραGreek
ΣαμάρραGreek
સમારાGujarati
סאמאראHebrew
סאמראHebrew
סמאראHebrew
סמראאHebrew
समाराHindi
सामर्राHindi
SzamarraHungarian
SamarraIndonesian
SamarrahIndonesian
SamarraInterlingua
SamarraIrish
SamarraItalian
サーマッラーJapanese
サマラ文化 (銅器時代)Japanese
ಸಮರKannada
سامراKashmiri
SamarraKazakh
СамарраKazakh
سامارراKazakh
사마라Korean
SamerraKurdish
SemaraKurdish
SamarraLatin
SumaLatin
SamaraLatvian
SāmarraLatvian
SamaraLithuanian
SamarraLombard
سامرّاءLombard
СамараMacedonian
SamarraMalay
SamarraMaltese
समराMarathi
سامراMazanderani
سامرا، عراقMazanderani
СамарраMongolian
SamarraMossi
SamarraNorwegian
SamarraNorwegian Bokmål
SamarraNorwegian Nynorsk
ਸਾਮਰਾPanjabi
سامراPersian
سامرا، عراقPersian
سامرهPersian
SamarraPolish
SamarraRomanian
СамарраRussian
سامراSaraiki
SamarraScots
СамараSerbian
SamaraSerbo-Croatian
SamarraSerbo-Croatian
SamarraSilesian
සමර්රාSinhala
Sámarrá’Slovak
SamaraSlovenian
Samara, IrakSlovenian
Sāmarrā‘Swedish
SamarrahSwedish
СомарроTajik
சாமராTamil
சாமர்ராTamil
СамәрраэTatar
సమర్రాTelugu
ซามัรรออ์Thai
ซามาราThai
SamarraTurkish
SamerraTurkish
SemarraTurkish
SemerraTurkish
Samarra na ɔkyerɛweeTwi
СамарраUkrainian
سامراءUrdu
SamarraUzbek
SamarraVenetian
SamarraVietnamese
SamarraWaray (Philippines)
SamarraWelsh
SamarraWestern Frisian
ساماراWestern Panjabi
萨迈拉Wu Chinese
薩邁拉Yue Chinese

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