North Gate Cemetery
The Baghdad War Cemetery is a cemetery in Baghdad in Iraq. The cemetery contains 4480 interments and commemorations. Many graves are marked by Commonwealth War Graves Commission gravestones.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Cemetery
- Description: cemetery located in Iraq
- Also known as: “Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery”, “Baghdad War Cemetery”, “British Cemetery”, and “مقبرة البرطانيين، مقبرة البوابة الشمالية”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Iraq National Library and Archive and Medical City.
Iraq National Library and Archive
Library
The Iraq National Library and Archive is the national library and national archives of Iraq. It is located in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and was founded in 1920. It has often been affected by losses resulting from warfare. Iraq National Library and Archive is situated 1 km south of North Gate Cemetery.
Medical City
Hospital
Baghdad Medical City formerly known as Saddam Medical City from 1983–2003 and before that known as Medical City Teaching Hospital from 1973–1983 is a complex of several teaching hospitals in Bab Al-Moatham, Baghdad, Iraq. Medical City is situated 1 km southwest of North Gate Cemetery.
Uzbek Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Uzbek Mosque, also known as the Mosque of al-Azbak and the al-Azbak Mosque or simply the Azbak Mosque, is a Sunni mosque located in the al-Rusafa district of Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. Uzbek Mosque is situated 1 km south of North Gate Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bab Al-Moatham and Al-Wazireya.
Bab Al-Moatham
Suburb
Bab al-Mu'adham is a prominent landmark in Baghdad, Iraq. Bab al-Mu'adham was previously and historically one of the gates of Baghdad during the Ottoman Empire, leading to the mosque of Abu Hanifa, a renowned Islamic scholar.
Al-Wazireya
Quarter
Al-Wazireya or Waziriyah is a neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, Iraq. It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River from Utafiyah.
Amedi
Quarter
Al-Adhamiyah, also Azamiya, is a neighborhood and east-central district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad. Amedi is situated 3 km northwest of North Gate Cemetery.
North Gate Cemetery
- Categories: Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained cemetery and burial
- Location: Al-Rusafa, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
33.35516° or 33° 21′ 19″ northLongitude
44.38619° or 44° 23′ 10″ eastOpen location code
8H56994P+3FOpenStreetMap ID
way 82971071OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=cemeteryWikidata ID
Q65242789
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Kurdish—“North Gate Cemetery” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مقبرة الإنكليز في بغداد”
- Arabic: “مقبرة الإنكليز”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות הצבאי הבריטי בבגדאד”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות הצבאי הבריטי”
- Hebrew: “בית הקברות לחללי מלחמה בבגדאד”
- Kurdish: “Goristan Cengî ya Bexdayê ya Deriyê Bakur”
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Highlights include كلية اصول الدين الجامعة and مركز البحوث والدراسات التربوية.
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