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Sadr City
District of Baghdad in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sadr City (Arabic: مدينة الصدر, romanized: Madīnat aṣ-Ṣadr), formerly known as Al-Thawra (Arabic: الثورة, romanized: aṯ-Ṯawra) and Saddam City (Arabic: مدينة صدام, romanized: Madīnat Ṣaddām), is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in 1959 by Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassim and named Al-Rafidain District. After the US-led invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam, it was unofficially renamed Sadr City after Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr.
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Sadr City
مدينة الصدر (Madīnat aṣ-Ṣadr) | |
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District of Baghdad | |
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Coordinates: 33°23′20″N 44°27′30″E | |
Country | Iraq |
Governorate | Baghdad Governorate |
City | Baghdad |
Area | |
• Total | 13 km2 (5 sq mi) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 1,211,849[1] |
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Sadr City – or more accurately Thawra District (Arabic: حيّ الثورة, romanized: Ḥayy ath-Thawra) – is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad. A public housing project neglected by Saddam Hussein, Sadr City holds around 1 million residents.[1]