Salman Pak

This article is about the city in Iraq. For the companion of Muhammad, see Salman the Persian.

Salman Pak Arabic: سلمان باك Persian: سلمان پاک
city
Multi-National troops tour Salman Pak's famous Taq Kasra, the largest single-span vault of unreinforced brickwork in the world and the only visible remaining structure of the ancient city of Ctesiphon
Salman Pak
Coordinates: 33°06′N 44°35′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), meaning "Salman the Pure", 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. The site included training grounds used by Iraqi intelligence to direct Special Operations Forces.

See also

• Al-Mada'in
• Salman the Persian
• Salman Al-Farsi Mosque