Sadr City
Sadr City
مدينة الصدر (Madīnat aṣ-Ṣadr) | |
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District of Baghdad | |
Sadr City Sadr City in Iraq | |
| Coordinates: 33°23′20″N 44°27′30″E / 33.38889°N 44.45833°E | |
| Country | Iraq |
| Governorate | Baghdad Governorate |
| City | Baghdad |
| Built | 1957 |
| Founded by | Abdul-Karim Qasim |
| Named after | Mohammed al-Sadr |
| Area | |
• Total | 13 km2 (5.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 1,211,849 |
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 Mohammed al-Sadr.
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.