Samarra
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Samarra
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraq
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Samarra within Iraq
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Saladin
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2003 est
Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Prehistoric Samarra
- Neo-Assyrian period
- Abbasid capital
- Modern era
- Geography
- Climate
- Religious significance
- Sports
- In popular culture
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Selected bibliography
- External links
Samarra (, '''') is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, north of Baghdad. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and military base. In 2003 the city had an estimated population of 348,700. During the Iraqi Civil War (2006–2008), Samarra was in the "Sunni Triangle" of resistance.
The archeological site of Samarra still retains much of the historic city's original plan, architecture and artistic relics. In 2007, UNESCO designated it a World Heritage Site.