Al-A'amiriya

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Al-A'amiriya (Arabic العامرية) is a neighborhood in the Mansour district of western Baghdad, Iraq, on the way to Anbar Province. The name is also written Amariya, Amariyah, Ameria, Ameriya, Amerya, Amiriya and Amiriyah.

Al-A'amiriya
العامرية
Neighborhood
Al-A'amiriya is located in Iraq
Al-A'amiriya
Al-A'amiriya
Al-A'amiriya in Iraq
Coordinates: 33°17′51″N 44°17′26″E / 33.29750°N 44.29056°E / 33.29750; 44.29056
Country Iraq
GovernorateBaghdad Governorate
CityBaghdad

It was an upper-class neighbourhood until about 2006, when it was devastated by war. Under Islamic State rule, many rural inhabitants were displaced from Anbar to Al-A'amiriya, resulting in even more demographic change.

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33°17′51″N 44°17′26″E / 33.29750°N 44.29056°E / 33.29750; 44.29056