Salman Pak
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Salman Pak
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city | |
  Salman Pak | |
| Coordinates: 33°06′N 44°35′E / 33.100°N 44.583°E | |
| Country |  Iraq |
| Governorate | Baghdad |
| District | Al-Mada'in |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 117,500 |
Salman Pak (Arabic: سلمان باك, Persian: سلمان پاک) is a city located approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Baghdad near a peninsula formed by a broad eastward bend of the Tigris River. It is named after Salman the Persian, a companion of Muhammad buried in the city.
The city overlaps with the ancient metropolis of Al-Mada'in, which includes the ruins of ancient Ctesiphon and ancient Seleucia.
It is also quite close to the Salman Pak facility, an Iraqi military installation which was a key center of Saddam Hussein's biological and chemical weapons programs.[1] The site included training grounds used by Iraqi intelligence to direct Special Operations Forces.
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