Nimrud (مركز ناحية النمرود)
Iraq /
Ninawa /
al-Hhamdaniyah /
مركز ناحية النمرود
World
/ Iraq
/ Ninawa
/ al-Hhamdaniyah
, 14 km from center (الحمدانية)
World / Iraq / Ninawa
archaeological site, historic ruins
Ancient Assyrian capital
Nimrud is the later Arab name for the ancient Assyrian city originally known as Kalhu, located 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of the village of Selamiyah (Arabic: السلامية), in the Nineveh plains in northern Mesopotamia. It was a major Assyrian city between approximately 1250 BC and 610 BC. The city is located in a strategic position 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of the point that the river Tigris meets its tributary the Great Zab. The city covered an area of 360 hectares (890 acres). The ruins of the city were found within one kilometre (1,100 yd) of the modern-day Assyrian village of Noomanea in Nineveh Province, Iraq. This is some 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Mosul.
Nimrud is the later Arab name for the ancient Assyrian city originally known as Kalhu, located 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometres (3 mi) south of the village of Selamiyah (Arabic: السلامية), in the Nineveh plains in northern Mesopotamia. It was a major Assyrian city between approximately 1250 BC and 610 BC. The city is located in a strategic position 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of the point that the river Tigris meets its tributary the Great Zab. The city covered an area of 360 hectares (890 acres). The ruins of the city were found within one kilometre (1,100 yd) of the modern-day Assyrian village of Noomanea in Nineveh Province, Iraq. This is some 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Mosul.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimrud
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 36°6'5"N 43°20'15"E
- Nineveh 35 km
- Defensive Berm 39 km
- Ancient city of Dur Sharrukin (Khorsabad) 47 km
- al-Mutawakkiliyya (Old Samarra) 197 km
- Old Samarra 212 km
- Defensive berm 241 km
- Dastagird 283 km
- Ruins of Aqar Qouf 314 km
- Babylon 405 km
- Ancient city of Kish 410 km
- Nabu Temple 0.8 km
- Nimrud Citadel 0.9 km
- Nimrud Palace Ruins 1.1 km
- Kanhash heights 9 km
- Qaraqosh District 10 km
- Al-Hamdaniya District 21 km
- Al-Shura Subdistrict 29 km
- Nineveh Plains 33 km
- Makhmur District (KRG) 41 km
- Erbil Province 84 km
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