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.
More than a wall
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''Al-Ahram'' ( ar, الأهرام; ''The Pyramids''), founded on 5 August 1875, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after '' al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya'' (''The Egyptian Events'', founded 1828). It is majori ...
, May 3–9, 2007. Its name is derived from the Syriac (ܟܪܟܐ) ''Karkha; citadel''.
In a more limited sense Karkh is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad, with Mansour district to the west, 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 ...
district to the northwest, and the Tigris to the north, east and south. The Green Zone (International Zone) is in this district.
Today, it is also a neighborhood between the International Zone and the Tigris.
See also
* Al-Karkh Sport Club
* List of places in Iraq
* List of neighborhoods and districts in Baghdad
This article lists neighborhoods and the nine administrative districts within 50 km of Baghdad, Iraq.
The order is not alphabetical, but is instead arranged according to whether the neighborhood is east or west of the Tigris and then grouped ...
* Maruf Karkhi
References
Neighborhoods in Baghdad
Administrative districts in Baghdad
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