Adhamiyah
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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.
Key facts
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- Al-Adhamiyah District
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- قضاء الأعظمية
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- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
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- Al-Adhamiyah skyline in 2000
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- View of Al-Adhamiyah District in 2000
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- Named after Imam Abū Ḥanīfah an-Nuʿmān (al-Imām al-Aʿẓam)
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- The Shrine District
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- Location of Al-Adhamiyah District within Baghdad
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- Iraq
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- Location in Iraq
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- yes
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- Abu Hanifa Mosque
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- Country
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- Governorate
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- Baghdad Governorate
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- City
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- neighborhood
- Named after
- Abū Ḥanīfa
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Baghdad
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- Adhamiyah
- native label
- الأعظمية
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- 2005 Al-Aaimmah bridge stampede
- Population movements
- Adhamiyah wall
- Summer 2007 onwards
- Infrastructure
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
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.
Adhamiyah neighborhood, or the shrine district, is located north-west of the city center and is an upscale area. This is not to be confused with a much larger Adhamiyah district of Baghdad, which is nearly 9 times larger and has as many times the inhabitants. The shrine area, Adhamyiah proper, has about 100,000 inhabitants. This area was 95% Sunni, 5% Shi'ite before 2003 and the Iraqi invasion. After the Iraqi civil war (2006–2008), it is now nearly totally Sunni in its religious composition.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adhamiyah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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