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Al Mansour ( ar, المنصور) is one of the nine

administrative districts in Baghdad There are nine administrative districts in the city of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, that correspond to the nine district advisory councils. The Baghdad Security Plan used these nine districts as the nine security districts. These were formed in 2 ...

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–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

. It is in western

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 ...

and is bounded on the east by

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.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 ...

, to the west by

Baghdad International Airport Baghdad International Airport , previously Saddam International Airport ( ar, مطار بغداد الدولي, Maṭār Baġdād ad-Dawaliyy) is Iraq's largest international airport, located in a suburb about west of downtown Baghdad in th ...

, and to the south by

Baghdad Airport Road The Baghdad Airport Road is a 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) stretch of highway in Baghdad, Iraq linking the Green Zone, a heavily fortified area at the centre of Baghdad, to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). It also links different parts of Bagh ...

, on the other side of which is Al Rashid district.

Description

Al Mansour is named after Abu Ja'far al-Mansur, the second

Abbasid The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Mutta ...

Caliph A caliphate or khilāfah ( ar, خِلَافَة, ) is an institution or public office under the leadership of an Islamic steward with the title of caliph (; ar, خَلِيفَة , ), a person considered a political-religious successor to th ...

and founder of Baghdad. Mansour was traditionally an affluent area where wealthy Arab families lived. It was also known as the "embassies district" due to the many foreign embassies situated there. It is known to be an avid shopping district which attracts those seeking luxury imported goods, modern market places, and services including restaurants, cafes and entertainment. However, during the sectarian unrest which occurred between 2006 and 2007, it became a place of extreme contention and violence, resulting in street violence and bombings which displaced much of the population at the time resulting in extensive damage and a depopulation of citizens due to the Sunni majority at the time leaving the district. Gradually, as the situation in Baghdad stabilized, markets, shopping malls, and luxury goods returned to the area.

Al-Mansour statue

A bronze bust of Abu Ja'far al-Mansur was erected in the Mansour district in 1976 and was designed to serve as a link between Iraq's illustrious past and its bright future. The work of Iraqi sculptor,

Khaled al-Rahal Khaled Al-Rahal (also given as Khālid al-Raḥḥāl, 1926–1987) ( ar, خالد الرحال) was an Iraqi painter and sculptor and one of the leaders of the modern art movement in Iraq. Described as one of the "pillars of modern Iraqi art," ...

, the bust was irreparably damaged by bomb blast in 2003 and was dismantled in 2005."Mosque Blast Blow to Iraq treasures," Al Jazeera
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Neighborhoods

* 62.Qadissiya * 63.

Mansour neighbourhood Mansour with Dragh and Baghdad International Fair, is the 62nd neighborhood within Mansour district, Baghdad. It is the 62nd neighbourhood of Baghdad. It is located in the middle of Baghdad, which for decades held a lot of school, shops and zoos ...

, Dragh, Baghdad International Fair * 64.

Al-Washash Al-Washash is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Located within Mansour district, surrounded by Iskan Iskan, Al Iskan or Al-Iskan () Arabic: الإسكان, are a series of cities built and founded by the 24th prime minister of Iraq, the lat ...

* 65.

Iskan Iskan, Al Iskan or Al-Iskan () Arabic: الإسكان, are a series of cities built and founded by the 24th prime minister of Iraq, the late Abd al-Karim Qasim. He built an ''`Al-Iskan`'' in each of the 19 provinces of Iraq as a bid to help impl ...

* 66.14 Ramadan * 67. Yarmouk * 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, on the way to Anbar Province. The name is also written Amariya, Amariyah, Ameria, Ameriya, Amerya, Amiriya and Amiriyah. It used to be ...

* 70. Al Khadhraa, Hayy Al-Jami'a * 71. Al-Adel * 72.

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, a ...

East * 73.

west * 74. Baghdad Airport-Abu Ghrib road

References

United Nations humanitarian info.org map listing 89 neighborhoods

External links

Mansour district in Baghdad, Christmas 2016
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Description

Al-Mansour statue

Neighborhoods

See also

References

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