Baghdad Central Prison

Abu Ghraib prison was a complex in , Iraq, located 32 kilometers west of . It became internationally known as a place where Saddam Hussein's government tortured and executed dissidents, and later as the site of the Abu Ghraib torture…
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  • Sand
  • …is also known as “Abu Ghraib prison”
  • Description: former prison in Abu Ghraib, Iraq

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Karkh cemetery.
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Al-Karkh Islamic cemetery is a cemetery located in the town of , Iraq. is situated 3½ km northwest of Baghdad Central Prison.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Nasr Wal Salam and Abu Ghraib.
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Baghdad Central Prison

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Latitude
33.29184° or 33° 17′ 31″ north
Longitude
44.06607° or 44° 3′ 58″ east
Open location code
8H5673R8+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 222611571
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­sand
Wiki­data ID
Q334740

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Baghdad Central Prison” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سجن أبو غريب”
  • Arabic: “سجن أبوغريب”
  • Arabic: “سجن ابو غريب”
  • Arabic: “سجن بغداد المركزي”
  • Asturian: “cárcel d’Abu Ghraib”
  • Asturian: “Cárcel d’Abu Ghraib”
  • Asturian: “cárcele d’Abu Ghraib”
  • Asturian: “prisión d’Abu Ghraib”
  • Belarusian: “Абу-Грэйб (турма)”
  • Belarusian: “Абу-Грэйб”
  • Bengali: “আবু গারিব কারাগার”
  • Catalan: “presó d’Abu Ghraib”
  • Central Kurdish: “زیندانی ئەبووغرێب”
  • Chinese: “巴格达中央监狱”
  • Chinese: “阿布哈里卜监狱”
  • Chinese: “阿布格莱布监狱”
  • Czech: “Centrální bagdádská věznice”
  • Czech: “Věznice Abú Ghrajb”
  • Dutch: “Abu Ghraib gevangenis”
  • Dutch: “Abu Ghraib-gevangenis”
  • Dutch: “Abu Ghraibgevangenis”
  • Dutch: “Abu Graib-gevangenis”
  • Dutch: “Bagdad Central Prison‘”
  • Dutch: “Bagdad Central Prison”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سجن ابو غريب”
  • Esperanto: “Centra Prizono de Bagdado”
  • Esperanto: “Malliberejo de Abu Ghraib”
  • Estonian: “Abu Ghraibi vangla”
  • Finnish: “Abu Ghraibin vankila”
  • Finnish: “Bagdadin keskusvankila”
  • French: “Prison centrale de Bagdad”
  • French: “prison d’Abou Ghraib”
  • French: “Prison d’Abou Ghraib”
  • French: “Prison d’Abu Ghraib”
  • French: “Scandale d’Abou Ghraib”
  • French: “Scandale d’Abou Ghraïb”
  • Galician: “Presidio de Abu Ghraib”
  • German: “Abu-Ghuraib-Gefängnis”
  • German: “Zentralgefängnis Bagdad”
  • Greek: “Φυλακές Αμπού Γκράιμπ”
  • Hebrew: “כלא אבו גרייב”
  • Hebrew: “כלא אבו ע’ריב”
  • Hebrew: “כלא אבו-גרייב”
  • Icelandic: “Abu Ghraib-fangelsið”
  • Ido: “Karcero di Abu-Grayb”
  • Indonesian: “Penjara Abu Ghraib”
  • Italian: “Prigione Centrale di Baghdad”
  • Italian: “prigione di Abu Ghraib”
  • Italian: “Prigione di Abu Ghraib”
  • Japanese: “アブグレイブ刑務所”
  • Korean: “아부그라이브 교도소”
  • Kurdish: “Ebuxirêb”
  • Kurdish: “Zîndana Ebûxirêbê”
  • Malay: “Penjara Abu Ghraib”
  • Malay: “Penjara Pusat Baghdad”
  • Malayalam: “അബൂ ഗുറൈബ് ജയിൽ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Abu Ghraib-fengslet”
  • Norwegian: “Abu Ghraib-fengslet”
  • Persian: “زندان ابو غریب”
  • Persian: “زندان ابوغریب”
  • Polish: “Abu-Ghraib”
  • Polish: “Więzienie Abu Ghraib”
  • Polish: “Więzienie Abu Ghurajb”
  • Portuguese: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Portuguese: “Prisão de abu ghraib”
  • Portuguese: “Prisão de Abu Ghraib”
  • Russian: “Абу Грейб (тюрьма)”
  • Russian: “Абу-Грейб (тюрьма)”
  • Russian: “Абу-Грейб”
  • Russian: “Тюрьма Абу Грейб”
  • Russian: “Тюрьма Абу-Грейб”
  • Slovenian: “Centralni bagdadski zapor”
  • Slovenian: “zapor Abu Grajb”
  • Spanish: “Carcel de Abu Ghraib”
  • Spanish: “Cárcel de Abu Ghraib”
  • Spanish: “Prision de Abu Ghraib”
  • Spanish: “Prisión de Abu Ghraib”
  • Swedish: “Abu Ghraib-fängelset”
  • Swedish: “Abu Ghraib”
  • Swedish: “Abu Ghurayb-fängelset”
  • Swedish: “Abu Ghurayb”
  • Tajik: “Зиндони марказии Бағдод”
  • Tajik: “Зиндони Марказии Бағдод”
  • Thai: “เรือนจำอะบูฆุร็อยบ์”
  • Turkish: “Ebu Gureyb Cezaevi”
  • Ukrainian: “В’язниця Абу-Грейб”
  • Ukrainian: “Тюрма Абу-Грейб”
  • Urdu: “زندان ابوغریب”
  • Vietnamese: “Nhà tù Abu Ghraib”

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