Yarmouk, Baghdad

Yarmouk (Arabic,اليرموك) is an upmarket neighborhood (67th) located within Mansour district in Baghdad, Iraq, and adjacent to Baghdad Airport Road. It was once home to numbers of high-ranking officials from Saddam Hussein's regime. Yarmouk is considered a mirror image of east Baghdad's Shiite-dominated Sadr City. Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital is located in Yarmouk, along with the Medical College of Mustansiriya University. The Zip code is 10015

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Coordinates: 33°17′44″N 44°20′30″E / 33.29556°N 44.34167°E / 33.29556; 44.34167

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