Rasheed Air Base

Al Rasheed Air Base is a major Iraqi Air Force base on the southeastern outskirts of , in of . It is located approximately 11 kilometers southeast of downtown .
Wikipedia
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: airport in Baghdad, Iraq
  • Also known as: “Al-Rasheed Airport”, “Camp Rashid, Muaskar ar Rashīd, Muaskar Rashed, Rashid, Rashid Camp, معسكر الرشيد, Camp Rashid, Muaskar ar Rashid, Muaskar Rashed, Rashid, Rashid Camp, معسكر الرشيد”, and “معسكر الرشيد”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Diniktum and Tell Muhammad.

Archaeological site
, inscribed Di-ni-ik-tumKI, was a still unlocated middle bronze-age town often thought to be located somewhere in the of .

Archaeological site
is an ancient Near East archaeological site currently in the outskirts of Baghdad, along the Tigris River in the . It is a very short distance from the site of Tell Harmal to the north and not far from the site of Tell al-Dhiba'i to the northeast.

Protected area
Shaduppum, modern Tell Harmal, is an archaeological site in . Nowadays, it lies within the borders of modern about 600 meters from the site of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include New Baghdad and Al-Za’franiya.

Quarter
or Baghdad al-Jidida is one of nine administrative districts in , . This district has eight Neighborhood Advisory Councils and a District Advisory Council.

Suburb
Al-Za'franiya district is a neighborhood of , . It is located in the south-east of Baghdad at the confluence of the and rivers.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in , a district on the east side of . It was named after the Caliph al-Amin. In 2003, Shiites renamed it to "Al-Murthadha District", after Ali Murthadha, the first Shiite imam.

Rasheed Air Base

Latitude
33.2779° or 33° 16′ 41″ north
Longitude
44.4942° or 44° 29′ 39″ east
Operator
Iraqi Air Force
Open location code
8H567FHV+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1174715856
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Wiki­data ID
Q7294835
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Romanian—“Rasheed Air Base” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قاعدة الرشيد الجوية”
  • French: “base aérienne Al-Rashid”
  • French: “Base aérienne Al-Rashid”
  • Japanese: “ラシード空軍基地”
  • Persian: “پایگاه هوایی رشید”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Al-Rasheed”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as محلة ٩٥٠ and معسكر الرشيد.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rasheed and مستشفى الزعفرانية.

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