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Abu Gharib

Abu Ghraib
مدينة أبو غريب
Abu Ghraib city
Town
Map showing Abu Ghraib near Baghdad
Map showing Abu Ghraib near Baghdad
Abu Ghraib is located in Iraq
Abu Ghraib
Abu Ghraib
Abu Ghraib location inside Iraq
Coordinates: 33°17′31″N 44°3′56″E / 33.29194°N 44.06556°E / 33.29194; 44.06556Coordinates: 33°17′31″N 44°3′56″E / 33.29194°N 44.06556°E / 33.29194; 44.06556
Country Iraq
Governorate Baghdad Governorate
Population (2003)
 • Total 189,000

Abu Ghraib (Listeni/ˈɑːb ˈɡrɛb, ˈɡrb/; Arabic: أبو غريب‎‎, Abū Ghurayb) is a city in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq, located just west of Baghdad's city center, or northwest of Baghdad International Airport. It has a population of 189,000 (2003). The old road to Jordan passes through Abu Ghraib. The government of Iraq created the city and Abu Ghraib District in 1944.

The placename has been translated as "father of little crows" (in the sense of "place abundant in small crows"), but this translation has been suspected of being a "folk etymology", and the name may be related to gharb "west" instead.


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