This article is about the city in Iraq. For places with similar names, see Samara, Russia; Smara, Western Sahara; Semera, Ethiopia; Samaria, Palestine.
City in Saladin Governorate, Iraq
Samarra
سَامَرَّاء
City
The spiral minaret of the Great Mosque of Samarra (2016)
Samarra (Arabic: سَامَرَّاء, Sāmarrāʾ) is a city in Iraq. It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Saladin Governorate, 125 kilometers (78 mi) north of Baghdad. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and military base.[1] In 2003 the city had an estimated population of 348,700.[citation needed] During the Iraqi Civil War, Samarra was in the "Sunni Triangle" of resistance.
The archeological site of Samarra still retains much of the historic city's original plan, architecture and artistic relics.[2] In 2007, UNESCO designated it a World Heritage Site.[3]
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