Salman Pak

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For the companion of Muhammad, see Salman Pak (person)

Salman Pak (Arabic: سلمان باك ) is a city approximately 15 miles south of Baghdad near a peninsula formed by a broad eastward bend of the Tigris River. The population is approximately 300,000[citation needed]. It is named after Salman the Persian, a companion of the Prophet Muhammad who is buried there.

It is 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]. It is also alledged to have been the site of a training facility used by Iraqi intelligence to train militia groups.[2]

Salman Pak is also site of the Arch of Ctesiphon, one of the largest and oldest freestanding arches in the world.

Around 90% to 99% of the inhabitants are Sunni Muslims from Dulaim tribe[citation needed].

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  1. ^ http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/iraq/facility/salman_pak.htm
  2. ^ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/gunning/interviews/

Coordinates: 33°06′N, 44°35′E

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