Hay Al-Jamiaa () is a

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near the

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. Its small river name Aldawoody otherwise government removed small river and created an area for houses. The neighborhood was originally created during the mid-1960s, to provide housing and its old name Aldawoody was changed to Alkhaadraa. Now its name is Hay Al-Jamia and the government gave some of the houses for

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, some houses for a companion in

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, some for

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and some for university professors. In old times (Hay Aljamiaa) three parts: the first part name ''alshurta'' means ''police houses'', the second ''dor alrefaq'' means ''house of a companion in

'' and the third part ''jamiaa'' means ''

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'' in

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. Hence, its full name is "Hay Al-Jamia" or "University Neighborhood". During the

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troubles that plagued

, Hay Al-Jamia became one of the primary troubled areas in Western Baghdad, to the point that during the period from late 2006 to early 2007, the whole neighborhood became a de facto "ghost town". However, after the return of security in 2008, it regained much of its former vitality.

Geography

Hay Al-Jamiaa is located in the western part of Baghdad and is bordered by several neighborhoods: to the north, it is bordered by

Al-Adil Al-Adil I (, in full al-Malik al-Adil Sayf ad-Din Abu-Bakr Ahmed ibn Najm ad-Din Ayyub, ,‎ "Ahmed, son of Najm ad-Din Ayyub, father of Bakr, the Just King, Sword of the Faith"; 1145 – 31 August 1218) was the fourth Sultan of Egypt, Sultan o ...

; to the east, it shares borders with

Al-Mansur Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; ‎; 714 – 6 October 775) usually known simply as by his laqab al-Manṣūr () was the second Abbasid caliph, reigning from 754 to 775 succeeding his brother al-Saffah (). He is known ...

and Al-Dawoodi; to the south, it is adjacent to Al-Shurta; and to the west, it is bordered by Al-Khadraa and Al-Ghazaliah.

Transport

Al-Rabiaa Street () is a major access road and the main market area, and passes from north to south in the eastern half of Al-Jami'a.

References

{{Administrative districts in Baghdad Jami'a 1960s establishments in Iraq