Al-A'amiriya
Neighborhood in Baghdad, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq
Al-A'amiriya العامرية | |
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Neighborhood | |
33°17′51″N 44°17′26″E / 33.29750°N 44.29056°E / 33.29750; 44.29056 | |
Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Baghdad Governorate |
City | Baghdad |
Al-A'amiriya (Arabic العامرية) is a neighborhood in the Mansour district of western Baghdad, Iraq, on the way to Anbar Province. The name is also written Amariya, Amariyah, Ameria, Ameriya, Amerya, Amiriya and Amiriyah.
It was an upper-class neighbourhood until about 2006, when it was devastated by war. Under Islamic State rule, many rural inhabitants were displaced from Anbar to Al-A'amiriya, resulting in even more demographic change.
See also
- Amiriyah shelter bombing (1991)
References
- NY Times article on Al-A'amiriya, 6 September 2007
External links
- Wikimapia
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Districts and neighborhoods of Baghdad
- Adhamiyah
- Kadhimiya
- Karkh
- Karrada
- Mansour
- New Baghdad
- Al-Rashid
- Rusafa
- Sadr City
- Al-Za'franiya
- Hayy Al-A'amel
- Al-A'amiriya
- Abu Disher
- Al-Adel
- Al-Amin al-Thaniyah
- Arab Jibor
- Bab Al-Moatham
- Bab Al-Sharqi
- Baiyaa
- Dora
- Al-Fathel
- Ghazaliya
- Haifa Street
- Al-Hebnaa
- Al-Hurriya, Baghdad
- Al-Jadriya
- Haydar-Khana
- Hayy Al-Jami'a
- Jisr Diyala
- Al-Jihad
- Al Khadhraa
- Al-Maidan
- Mansour
- Raghiba Khatoun
- Al-Sa'adoon
- Saba Abkar
- Al-Sa'adoon
- Al-Saydiya
- Sha'ab
- Al-Shu'ala
- Hayy Al-Shurtta
- Al-Ubedy
- Hayy Ur
- Utafiyah
- Al-Washash
- Al-Wazireya
- Yarmouk
- Al-Za'franiya
- Zayouna
33°17′51″N 44°17′26″E / 33.29750°N 44.29056°E / 33.29750; 44.29056