Editing Samarra (section)

{{Short description|City in Saladin Governorate, Iraq}}
{{hatnote|This article is about the city in Iraq. For places with similar names, see [[Samara]], Russia; [[Smara]], Western Sahara; [[Semera]], Ethiopia; [[Samaria]], Israel.}}
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{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Samarra
| native_name        = {{lang|ar|سَامَرَّاء}} <!-- for cities whose native name is not in English -->
| native_name_lang   = ar
| settlement_type    = City<!--For Town or Village (Leave blank for the default City)-->
| image_skyline      = File:صوره في اجواء مطريه للمأذنه الملويه في سامراء العراق.jpg
| imagesize          = 250px
| image_caption      = The spiral minaret of the [[Great Mosque of Samarra]] (2016)
| pushpin_map        = Iraq
| pushpin_label_position = left
| pushpin_relief     = yes
| pushpin_mapsize    = 
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of Samarra within Iraq
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = {{flag|Iraq}}
| subdivision_type1  = [[Governorates of Iraq|Governorate]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[Saladin Governorate|Saladin]]
| population_as_of   = 2003 est
| population_total   = 348,700
| footnotes          = {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
  |child = yes
  |Official_name = Samarra Archaeological City
  |ID = 276
  |Year = 2007
  |Danger = 2007-
  |Area = 15,058 ha
  |Buffer_zone = 31,414 ha 
  |Criteria = Cultural: ii, iii, iv
  }}
| coordinates        = {{coord|34|11|54|N|43|52|27|E|region:IQ_type:city(300000)|display=inline,title}}
}}
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'''Samarra''' ({{langx|ar|سَامَرَّاء}}, ''{{Transliteration|ar|DIN|Sāmarrāʾ}}'') is a city in [[Iraq]]. It stands on the east bank of the [[Tigris]] in the [[Saladin Governorate]], {{convert|125|km|mi|sp=us}} north of [[Baghdad]]. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid caliph]] [[al-Mu'tasim]] as a new administrative capital and military base.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Northedge |first=Alastair E. |title=Encyclopaedia of Islam, Three |publisher=Brill |year=2012 |isbn=9789004161658 |editor-last=Fleet |editor-first=Kate |location= |pages= |chapter=ʿAbbāsid art and architecture |editor-last2=Krämer |editor-first2=Gudrun |editor-last3=Matringe |editor-first3=Denis |editor-last4=Nawas |editor-first4=John |editor-last5=Rowson |editor-first5=Everett}}</ref> In 2003 the city had an estimated population of 348,700.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} During the [[Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)|Iraqi Civil War]] (2006–08), Samarra was in the "[[Sunni Triangle]]" of resistance.

The [[Abbasid Samarra|archeological site of Samarra]] still retains much of the historic city's original plan, architecture and artistic relics.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Samarra Archaeological City |url=https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/276/ |access-date=2023-04-24 |website=UNESCO World Heritage Centre |language=en}}</ref> In 2007, [[UNESCO]] designated it a [[World Heritage Site]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6248244.stm | publisher=[[BBC News]] | title=Unesco names World Heritage sites | date=2007-06-28 | access-date=2010-05-23}}</ref>