International Zone of Baghdad

E766302
government district heavily fortified district neighborhood of Baghdad

The International Zone of Baghdad is a heavily fortified district in central Baghdad that served as the main base for coalition authorities and foreign embassies following the 2003 Iraq invasion.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
International Zone of Baghdad canonical 2
Baghdad International Zone 1
Central Baghdad 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf government district ⓘ
heavily fortified district ⓘ
neighborhood of Baghdad ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Green Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
areaType walled enclave ⓘ
borders Tigris River NERFINISHED ⓘ
capitalOf none ⓘ
contains British Embassy in Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraqi Parliament building NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraqi Prime Minister’s offices NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraqi government buildings ⓘ
Republican Palace complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. Embassy in Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ
residential compounds for foreign personnel ⓘ
various foreign embassies ⓘ
controlledBy Coalition Provisional Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
Multinational Force – Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States military NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
establishedAfter 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
hasAccessControl multiple security checkpoints ⓘ
hasCharacteristic heavily fortified ⓘ
high-security area ⓘ
protected by checkpoints ⓘ
restricted access ⓘ
surrounded by blast walls ⓘ
hasFunction administrative center ⓘ
diplomatic quarter ⓘ
military command area ⓘ
historicalUse center of occupation administration after fall of Saddam Hussein ⓘ
symbol of foreign presence in Iraq after 2003 ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
laterControlledBy Government of Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ
central Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Arabia Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn west bank of the Tigris River ⓘ
notableEvent frequent target of rocket and mortar attacks during Iraq War ⓘ
notableFor contrast in security and living conditions compared to rest of Baghdad ⓘ
partOf Karkh District of Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ
securityProvidedBy Iraqi security forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. military (historically) NERFINISHED ⓘ
shortName IZ NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs headquarters area for multinational forces in Iraq ⓘ
location of foreign embassies after 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
main base for coalition authorities after 2003 invasion of Iraq ⓘ
seat of the Coalition Provisional Authority ⓘ
seat of the U.S.-led occupation administration in Iraq ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Green Zone, Baghdad → alsoKnownAs → International Zone of Baghdad ⓘ
UN mission in Iraq → location → International Zone of Baghdad ⓘ
subject surface form: United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq
this entity surface form: Baghdad International Zone
Rusafa District → containsPart → International Zone of Baghdad ⓘ
this entity surface form: central Baghdad
Jadiriyah campus → hasRegion → International Zone of Baghdad ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Baghdad
Karkh District → containsPart → International Zone of Baghdad ⓘ