There are nine

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s in the city of

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

, the capital of

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, that correspond to the nine district advisory councils. The

Baghdad Security Plan Operation Imposing Law, also known as Operation Law and Order ( ar, عملية القانون والنظام, translit=amaliat al-qaanoon wa an-nazaam), Operation Fardh al-Qanoon ( ar, فرض القانون) or Baghdad Security Plan (BSP), was a ...

used these nine districts as the nine security districts. These were formed in 2003 following the 2003

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. District council members are selected from the 89 Neighborhood Advisory Councils in Baghdad. The number of neighbourhood representatives on the district council is based upon the community's population. The Baghdad City Advisory Council consists of 37 members drawn from the district councils and is also based on the district's population. In the list below, alternate spellings (in parentheses) are fro
United Nations humanitarian info.org map listing 89 neighborhoods

Districts east of the Tigris ( Rusafa)

Rusafa District

* 1. Sinek (Sinak), Al Rasheed * 2. Khulani, Al Wathba Square, Shorjah * 3.

Abu Nuwas Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī (variant: Al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī 'Abd al-Awal al-Ṣabāḥ, Abū 'Alī (), known as Abū Nuwās al-Salamī () or just Abū Nuwās Garzanti ( ''Abū Nuwās''); 756814) was a classical Arabic poet, ...

* 4. Orphalia, Bataween * 5.

Al-Sa'adoon Al-Sa'adoon is a neighborhood in the Rusafa District of Baghdad, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is b ...

(Al-Saadoon) Park * 6. Camp Gaylani * 7. Sheikh Omar * 8. Medical City * 9.

Bab Al-Moatham Bab Al-Moatham (Bab Al-Muadham or Bab Al-Mu'azzam) is a neighborhood of the Rusafa district of Baghdad, Iraq, not far east of the Tigris River. It is the location of the Iraq National Library and Archive, a campus of the University of Baghdad, ...

( Bab Al-Muadham) * 10. Mustansiriya * 11. Nile * 12. Hayy 14 July * 13. Idrissi

Adhamiyah District

* 14.

Adhamiyah Al-Adhamiyah ( ar, الأعظمية, ''al-aʿẓamiyyah''; BGN: ''Al A‘z̧amīyah''), 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 ne ...

* 15.

Al-Wazireya Al-Wazireya or Waziriyah (Arabic: الوزيرية) is a neighborhood in the Adhamiyah District of Baghdad, Iraq. It is at one end of the Al-Sarafiya bridge, across the Tigris River The Tigris () is the easternmost of the two great rivers th ...

(Waziriya) * 16.

-Industry (Waziriya-Industry) * 17. Maghreb * 18. Qahira * 19. Gherai'at (Krai'at) * 20. Tunis * 21.

Hayy Ur Hayy Ur is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. See also *Sha'ab, Baghdad Sha'ab ( ar, الشعب) is a neighborhood of Adhamiyah district, Baghdad, Iraq, It is subdivided into Sha'ab east (22nd), Sha'ab south (23rd), Sha'ab north (24th). The neigh ...

* 25. Rashdiya

Sha'ab District

* Sha'ab * Al Baidha ** Al Bunook ** Al Tarbiyah ** Sumar * Adan * Al Jazaer * Um Alkubur walghizlan

Sadr District (formerly Thawra District ''(Revolution District)''

* 26. Ishbiliya * 27. Habbibiya * 28.

Sadr City Sadr City ( ar, مدينة الصدر, translit=Madīnat aṣ-Ṣadr), formerly known as Al-Thawra ( ar, الثورة, aṯ-Ṯawra) and Saddam City ( ar, مدينة صدام, Madīnat Ṣaddām), is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. ...

(formerly Saddam City and Thawra City)

9 Nissan District

* 29.

Al-Shaab Stadium Al-Shaab International Stadium ( ar, ملعب الشعب الدولي, lit=The People's Stadium) is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium in Baghdad, Iraq. The 34,200-seater was the home stadium of the Iraq national football team, as well as the larg ...

, Bor Said Square,

Al-Shaheed Monument Martyr's Monument ( ar, نصب الشهيد), also known as the Martyr's Memorial, is a monument designed by Iraqi sculptor Ismail Fatah Al Turk and situated in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. It was originally dedicated to the Iraqi soldiers who die ...

(Martyr's Monument). * 30. Al-Muthanna,

Zayouna Zayouna c’est la plus belle. ( point) 12 Apr 2003 It is a mixed-race, upper middle-class area bordering the affluent Karrada suburb. Organisations based in Zayouna include the Iraq Football Association; the "Baghdad Bulletin", Iraq's English-lang ...

* 31. Al Ghadeer, Maysaloon Square * 32. Baghdad Al-Jadida (New Baghdad), Alef Dar, Al-Khaleej * 33. Habibiya, Dur Al-Umal, Baladiyat * 34. Mashtal, Ameen, Nafit, Rustomaniya (Rustomiya) * 35. Fedhailia, Kamaliya * 36. Al-Husseinia, Ma'amil, Al-Rasheed St. * 37.

Al-Ubedy Al-Ubedy is a neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq� ...

(Obaydi), Ma'amil 2

Karadah Karrada ( ar, كرّادة ''Karrāda'') is an upper-class district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It has a mixed population of Muslims and Christians. It is one of the most religiously diverse areas of the city, and is one of the two major distri ...
District

* 38. Sinaa, Alwiya, Al-Wahda (Al-Wehda) * 39. Inner

Karrada Karrada ( ar, كرّادة ''Karrāda'') is an upper-class district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It has a mixed population of Muslims and Christians. It is one of the most religiously diverse areas of the city, and is one of the two major distri ...

* 40. Zuwiya,

Al-Jadriya Al-Jadriya is a neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq along the Tigris river. Al-Jadriya shares a significant but comparatively smaller part of the peninsula with Karrada Karrada ( ar, كرّادة ''Karrāda'') is an upper-class district of the cit ...

* 41. Outer

, Arasat, Mesbah * 42. Camp Sarah, Rasheed Camp Road

Al-Za'franiya Al-Za'franiya city ( ar, مدينة الزعفرانية) is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. It is located in the south-east of Baghdad at the confluence of the Tigris The Tigris () is the easternmost of the two great rivers that define Mes ...
District

* 43. Alwaleed * 44. Rasheed * 45. Shoumoukh * 46. Orfali * 47. Seaidya * 48. Rabea'a * 49. Al-Rasheed Camp

Districts west of the Tigris (
Karkh Karkh or Al-Karkh (Arabic: الكرخ) is historically the name of the western half of Baghdad, Iraq, or alternatively, the western shore of the Tigris River as it ran through Baghdad. The eastern shore is known as Al-Rasafa.Karkh District

* 47. Shawaka,

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

(Hayfa) Complex * 48. Sheik Maaruf, Shaljia * 49. Salhia * 50. Karadat Maryam * 51. Um Al-Khanzeer Island, Presidential Complex * 52. Al-Kindi, Harithiya * 53. Zawra Park * 54.

Muthenna Airbase Muthenna Air Base is a former Iraqi Air Force base in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. It was captured by U.S.-led Coalition forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Overview Muthenna was an Iraqi military facility west of the center of ...

(Old Al Muthanna Airport)

Kadhimiya District

* 55. Utayfia * 56.

Kadhimiya Kadhimiya ( ar, ٱلْكَاظِمِيَّة, al-Kāẓimiyyah, ) or Kadhimayn (, ) is a northern neighbourhood of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It is about from the city's center, on the west bank of the Tigris. 'Kadhimiya' is also the name of on ...

1 * 57.

2 * 58. Ali Al-Salih (Ali Al-Saleh), Salam * 59. Hurriya (Hurriyah) 1-5 * 60. Dabbash * 61.

Al-Shu'ala Al-Shu'ala is a lower middle class district of Baghdad, Iraq. It is heavily populated and its inhabitants are working class families of limited income. There is a Shiite Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It ...

Mansour district Al Mansour ( ar, المنصور) is one of the nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. It is in western Baghdad and is bounded on the east by Karkh district in central Baghdad, to the north by Kadhimiya, to the west by Baghdad Internation ...

* 62. Qadissiya * 63. Mansour, Dragh, Baghdad International Fair * 64.

Al-Washash Al-Washash is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Located within Mansour district Al Mansour ( ar, المنصور) is one of the nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. It is in western Baghdad and is bounded on the east by Karkh distr ...

* 65. Iskan * 66. 14 Ramadan * 67. Yarmouk (Al-Yarmuk) * 68. Safarat Complex, Kafa'at * 69.

Al-A'amiriya Al-A'amiriya (Arabic العامرية) is a neighborhood in the Mansour district of western Baghdad, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is ...

(Al-Amriya) * 70.

Al Khadhraa Al Khadhraa is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to ...

Hayy Al-Jami'a Hay Al-Jamiaa ( ar, حي الجامعة) is a neighborhood near the Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq. Its small river name Aldawoody otherwise government removed small river and created an area for houses. The neighborhood was originally cre ...

(Al-Jamia'a) * 71.

Al-Adel

Ghazaliya Ghazaliya (Arabic: الغزالية) is a neighborhood in the western outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, in the city's Mansour district. To the north of Ghazaliya is the neighborhood of Al-Shu'ala, to the east is Al-Adel, to the south is Al Khadhraa, and t ...

East * 73.

West * 74. Baghdad International Airport,

Abu Ghraib Abu Ghraib (; ar, أبو غريب, ''Abū Ghurayb'') is a city in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq, located just west of Baghdad's city center, or northwest of Baghdad International Airport. It has a population of 189,000 (2003). The old road t ...

Road

Al Rashid District

* 75. Dora Refinery * 76. Dora, Athureen, Tua'ma * 77.

Al-Saydiya Al-Saydiya ( ar, السيدية) is a neighborhood in the Al Rashid district of southwestern Baghdad, Iraq. Baiyaa is to the north and Dora to the east. A once middle-class district, much of Al-Saydiya was built within the last three decades on ...

, Dhubat * 78.

* 79. Bajas,

Hayy Al-A'amel Hayy Al-A'amel (also written Amel or Amil) is a neighborhood (''hayy'') in the Al Rashid district of southwestern Baghdad, Iraq. Its northern boundary is the Baghdad Airport Road, the neighborhood of Baiyaa Al - Bayaa’ (Arabic: البياع) is ...

(Amil) * 80.

Hayy Al-Jihad Jihad (Al-Jihad or Hayy Al-Jihad) is a neighborhood (''hayy'') in the Al Rashid district in western Baghdad, Iraq. To the north is Al-A'amiriya (Amiriya) on the other side of Baghdad Airport Road, and to the east is Al-A'amel. ''The New York Time ...

* 81. Al-Atiba'a * 82. Ajnadin,

Hayy Al-Shurtta Hayy Al-Shurtta is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the Al Rashid district of Baghdad, Iraq. Shurta ''Shurṭa'' ( ar, شرطة) is the common Arabic term for police, although its precise meaning is that of a "picked" or elite f ...

(Shurta) 4th & 5th * 83. Al-Furat * 84. Suwaib, Makasib * 85. Resala, Qertan, Ewainy West * 86. Ewairij * 87. Saha (Seha), Hor Rejab * 88. Mechanic, Asia * 89. Bo'aitha

Formation of the current system

The City of Baghdad has 89 official neighborhoods within 9 districts. These official subdivisions of the city served as administrative centers for the delivery of municipal services but until 2003 had no political function. Beginning in April 2003, the U.S. controlled

Coalition Provisional Authority ) , capital = Baghdad , largest_city = capital , common_languages = ArabicKurdishEnglish (''de facto'') , government_type = Transitional government , legislature = Iraqi Governing Council , title_leader = Administrator , leader1 = Jay ...

(CPA) began the process of creating new functions for these subdivisions. The process initially focused on the election of

neighborhood councils A neighborhood council (also known as a community league) is a governmental or non-governmental body, whose purpose is to promote citizen participation in local government.Martin Minogue, ''Documents on Contemporary British Government: Volume 2, L ...

in the official neighborhoods, elected by neighborhood caucuses. The CPA convened a series of meetings in each neighborhood to explain

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, to describe the caucus election process and to encourage participants to spread the word and bring friends, relatives and neighbors to subsequent meetings. Each neighborhood process ultimately ended with a final meeting where candidates for the new neighborhood councils identified themselves and asked their neighbors to vote for them. Once all 88 (later increased to 89) neighborhood councils were in place, each neighborhood council elected representatives from among their members to serve on one of the city's nine district councils. The number of neighborhood representatives on a district council is based upon the neighborhood’s population. The next step was to have each of the nine district councils elect representatives from their membership to serve on the 37 member Baghdad

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. This three-tier system of local government connected the people of Baghdad to the

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through their representatives from the neighborhood, through the district, and up to the city council. The same process was used to provide representative councils for the other communities in

Baghdad Governorate Baghdad Governorate ( ar, محافظة بغداد ''Muḥāfaẓät Baġdād''), also known as the Baghdad Province, is the capital governorate of Iraq. It includes the capital Baghdad as well as the surrounding metropolitan area. The governor ...

outside of the city itself. There, local councils were elected from 20 neighborhoods (Nahia) and these councils elected representatives from their members to serve on six district councils (Qada). As within the city, the district councils then elected representatives from among their members to serve on the 35 member Baghdad Regional Council. The final step in the establishment of the system of local government for Baghdad Province was the election of the Baghdad Provincial Council. As before, the representatives to the Provincial Council were elected by their peers from the lower councils in numbers proportional to the population of the districts they represent. The 41 member Provincial Council took office in February 2004 and served until national elections held in January 2005, when a new Provincial Council was elected. This system of 127 separate councils may seem overly cumbersome but Baghdad Province is home to approximately seven million people. At the lowest level, the neighborhood councils, each council represents an average of 74,000 people.

References

External links

iraqimage.com

Bill Roggio report map

U.S. News & World Report map
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