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Sadr City
Baghdad, Iraq · Asia
About Sadr City
Sadr City sits on the route: 15 minutes from Baghdad.
Sadr City is in Baghdad, Iraq, with about 1.2 million people. The nearest town is Baghdad, about 8 km away.
Sadr City (Arabic: مدينة الصدر, romanized: Madīnat aṣ-Ṣadr), formerly known as Al-Thawra (Arabic: الثورة, romanized: aṯ-Ṯawra) and Saddam City (Arabic: مدينة صدام, romanized: Madīnat Ṣaddām), is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in 1959 by Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassim and namedRead more
Al-Rafidain District. After the US-led invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam, it was unofficially renamed Sadr City after Ayatollah Mohammed al-Sadr.
Sadr City – or more accurately Thawra District (Arabic: حيّ الثورة, romanized: Ḥayy ath-Thawra) – is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad. A public housing project neglected by Saddam Hussein, Sadr City holds around 1 million residents.
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Sadr City is in Baghdad, Iraq, about 8 km from Baghdad.
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- Population
- 1,211,849
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Iraq
- Region
- Baghdad
- Timezone
- Asia/Baghdad
- Coordinates
- 33.3889, 44.4583
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