Kadhimiya

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Kadhimiya ٱلْكَاظِمِيَّة ٱلْكَاظِمَيْن el-Kâzımiyye el-Kâzımeyn
Neighbourhood
View of the mosque and its environs
Kadhimiya Kāẓimiyyah's location inside Iraq
Coordinates: 33°22′50″N 44°20′50″E / 33.38056°N 44.34722°E / 33.38056; 44.34722
Country	Iraq
Governorate	Baghdad
District	Kāẓimiyyah
Area
• Total	28 km2 (11 sq mi)
Population  (2013)
• Total	1,500,000
Time zone	UTC+3 (AST)

Kadhimiya (Arabic: ٱلْكَاظِمِيَّة, romanized: el-Kâzımiyye, pronounced [alˈkaːðˤɪmijːa]) or Kadhimayn (ٱلْكَاظِمَيْن, el-Kâzımeyn) is a northern neighbourhood of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the city's center, on the west bank of the Tigris. 'Kadhimiya' is also the name of one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad. As the place of al-Kadhimiya Mosque, even before its inception into the urban area of Baghdad, it is regarded as a holy city by Twelver Shia muslims.^[1]