Mansour district
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Al Mansour district is one of nine administrative districts
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....

 in Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...

, Iraq
Iraq
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. It is named after Abu Ja'far al-Mansur
Al-Mansur
Al-Mansur, Almanzor or Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mansur was the second Abbasid Caliph from 136 AH to 158 AH .-Biography:...

, the second Abbasid
Abbasid
The Abbasid Caliphate or, more simply, the Abbasids , was the third of the Islamic caliphates. It was ruled by the Abbasid dynasty of caliphs, who built their capital in Baghdad after overthrowing the Umayyad caliphate from all but the al-Andalus region....

 Caliph
Caliph
The Caliph is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the ruler of the Islamic Ummah, an Islamic community ruled by the Shari'ah. It is a transcribed version of the Arabic word   which means "successor" or "representative"...

 and founder of Baghdad.

The Mansour district is bounded on the west by Baghdad International Airport
Baghdad International Airport
Baghdad International Airport, originally Saddam International Airport, , BIAP is Iraq's largest airport, located in a suburb about west of downtown Baghdad in the Baghdad Governorate...

, to the north by Kadhimiya, to the east by Karkh
Karkh
Karkh or Al-Karkh is historically the name of the western half of Baghdad, Iraq, or alternatively, the western shore of the river Tigris as it ran through Baghdad. The eastern shore is known as Al-Rasafa....

 district, south by Baghdad Airport Road
Baghdad Airport Road
The Baghdad Airport Road is a 12 kilometer stretch of highway in Baghdad, Iraq linking the International Zone, a heavily fortified area at the center of Baghdad, to Baghdad International Airport . It also links different parts of Baghdad to the Airport and connects neighboring areas to each other...

.

Neighborhoods

  • 62.Qadissiya
  • 63.Mansour neighbourhood
    Mansour neighbourhood
    Mansour neighbourhood with Dragh and Baghdad International Fair, is the 63rd neighborhood within Mansour district, Baghdad. It is located in northwest Baghdad, which for decades held bakeries, shops, and private clubs. Mansour is located from the Green Zone, and was once home to diplomats and...

    , Dragh, Baghdad International Fair
  • 64.Al-Washash
    Al-Washash
    hay 14 ramadan is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq.Located within Mansour district, surrounded by, Iskan from west, Al-Mutanabi from south, Al-Mothana Airport from east.-References:...

  • 65.Iskan
    Iskan
    Iskan may refer to:*Iskan, Afghanistan, a place in Afghanistan*Iskan, Baghdad, a neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq*Iskań, Poland*Iskan, Russia, a village in Tula Oblast, Russia...

  • 66.14 Ramadan
  • 67.Yarmouk
    Yarmouk
    * Yarmouk River* Battle of Yarmouk* Yarmouk University in Jordan* Yarmouk , an upscale neighborhood in Iraq* Al-Yarmouk Hospital * Yarmouk , an unofficial Palestinian refugee camp in Syria...

  • 68.Safarat complex, Kafa'at
  • 69.Al-A'amiriya
    Al-A'amiriya
    Al-A'amiriya is a western neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. It is an upper-class Sunni neighborhood in the west of the city on the way to Anbar Province.-History:...

  • 70.Al Khadhraa
    Al Khadhraa
    Al Khadhraa is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq....

    , Hayy Al-Jami'a
    Hayy Al-Jami'a
    Hayy Al-Jami'a is a neighborhood in the Mansour district of Baghdad, Iraq.The neighborhood was originally created during the mid 1960s, to provide housing for university professors. This is the origin of its name, since "Jamia" means "University" in Arabic...

  • 71.Al-Adel
    Al-Adel
    Al-Adel is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq....

  • 72.Ghazaliya
    Ghazaliya
    Ghazaliya is a neighborhood in West Baghdad, Iraq.It is believed the area was named after the Muslim scholar Abu Hāmed Mohammad ibn Mohammad al-Ghazzālī, and it is surrounded by various other districts, such as Al sheoala, Albakrea, Alkadraa and al Aadel.Originally patrolled by elements of the...

     East
  • 73.Ghazaliya
    Ghazaliya
    Ghazaliya is a neighborhood in West Baghdad, Iraq.It is believed the area was named after the Muslim scholar Abu Hāmed Mohammad ibn Mohammad al-Ghazzālī, and it is surrounded by various other districts, such as Al sheoala, Albakrea, Alkadraa and al Aadel.Originally patrolled by elements of the...

     west
  • 74.Baghdad Airport-Abu Ghrib road
    Baghdad Airport Road
    The Baghdad Airport Road is a 12 kilometer stretch of highway in Baghdad, Iraq linking the International Zone, a heavily fortified area at the center of Baghdad, to Baghdad International Airport . It also links different parts of Baghdad to the Airport and connects neighboring areas to each other...

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