New Baghdad
New Baghdad or Baghdad al-Jidida is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq.
New Baghdad or Baghdad al-Jidida is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. This district has eight Neighborhood Advisory Councils (NAC) and a District Advisory Council. It is located east of the city center. This district was renamed 9 Nissan or Tisa Nissan. Nissan is the word for April in the Babylonian calendar, although most Iraqis do not yet use that name. It is also known as 7 Nissan. This district is one of the main areas for food and shopping.
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Worth seeing in and around New Baghdad
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Technology, Iraq
The University of Technology, Iraq is one of Iraq's largest universities. It is situated in the city of Baghdad, Iraq.
3.7 km · University in Iraq · Wikipedia - 02Al Yarmouk University College
Al Yarmouk University College is a private Iraqi university established in 1996 in Diyala and the Medical Departments lie in Baghdad, Iraq.
4 km · Private Iraqi University · Wikipedia - 03Tell Muhammad
Tell Muhammad is an ancient Near East archaeological site currently in the outskirts of Baghdad, along the Tigris River in the Diyala region. It is a very short distance from the site of Tell Harmal to the north and not far from the site of Tell al-Dhiba'i to the northeast.
1.7 km · archaeological site in Iraq · Wikipedia - 04Tell al-Dhiba'i
Tell al-Dhiba'i,, is an archaeological site in Baghdad Governorate. It lies within the borders of modern Baghdad near Tell Muhammad and 3 kilometers northeast of Shaduppum, more specifically in the neighborhood of New Baghdad.
800 m · archaeological site in Iraq · Wikipedia
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Getting to New Baghdad
- Airports
- Baghdad / New Al Muthana Air Base (BGW), 24 km · Al Najaf (NJF), 146 km · Kirkuk (KIK), 241 km
- Stations
- Rasheed Air Base, 3.5 km
- Najaf → New Baghdad143 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · $14–19
- Kirkuk → New Baghdad241 km · quickest by road, 4h 6m · $21–29
- Arbil → New Baghdad324 km · quickest by road, 5h 38m · $29–40
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for New Baghdad
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for New Baghdad. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFor those working for Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Iraq, there are charter airlines operating into Baghdad.
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Next door to New Baghdad
New Baghdad is 9 km from Baghdad, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Al Rashiddistrict of Baghdad in Iraq3.1 km
- Diniktumancient city in Iraq1.4 km
- Al-Amin al-Thaniyahneighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq1.6 km
- Zayounaneighbourhood in Baghdad3.3 km