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|name = Mansour
|native_name = المنصور
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'''Mansour''' is a neighborhood within [[Mansour district]], [[Baghdad]]. It is numbered the 62nd [[Neighbourhoods of Baghdad|neighbourhood of Baghdad]]. It is the home of many schools, shops and the Baghdad Zoo. Mansour is located {{convert|3|mi|km}} from the [[Green Zone]], and was once home to diplomats and other politicals.

The neighbourhood is named after [[Al-Mansur|Abu Jaafar Al-Mansur]], the second caliph of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] and the founder of [[Baghdad]].

Near central Baghdad, Mansour is an upper-class neighbourhood that contains malls, universities and parks.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YwG_CwAAQBAJ&q=mansour+upper+class+neighbourhood&pg=PA146|title=Imagining the Nation: Nationalism, Sectarianism and Socio-Political Conflict in Iraq|last=Qarawee|first=Harith Al|date=2016-03-07|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-326-48260-2|language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
By 2007, Mansour had become unsafe - as had many areas of Baghdad: car bombings, kidnappings, and killings by extremists became common.<ref name="mansour">[https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/09/06/world/middleeast/20070907_BUILDUP_DETAIL_GRAPHIC.html?neighborhood=mansour "Mansour: Safer, but Residents Feel Trapped". ''New York Times''.]</ref> By 2009 the neighborhood had become somewhat safer, with residents returning to daily routines.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120708072601/http://english.cri.cn/6966/2009/05/03/1221s481273.htm "Despite Violence, Life in Baghdad Returns to Normality"]. ''[[Xinhua News Agency|Xinhua News]]''.</ref>

== Displacement ==
Mansour experienced an influx of families from other areas. These families were trying to escape the increased danger of the newcomers in [[Hayy Al-Jihad]], Iskan and [[Al-Shu'ala]]. In order to curb this migration, arrivals are required to produce a recommendation from an [[Imam]] and a friend, relative or neighbour.<ref name=mansour/>

==Education==
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Local schools include [[Baghdad High School for Girls]],<ref>Asquith, Christina. "[http://www.educationviews.org/a-day-at-baghdads-elite-girls-high-school/ A Day at Baghdad’s Elite Girls’ High School]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20150518071438/http://www.educationviews.org/a-day-at-baghdads-elite-girls-high-school/ Archive]). ''[[Education Views]]''. February 24, 2004. Retrieved on 6 May 2015.</ref> and Al mansour middle school for boys.

==See also==
[[Mansour district]]

==References==
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{{administrative districts in Baghdad}}
{{coord missing|Iraq}}

[[Category:Neighborhoods in Baghdad]]

[[ar:حي المنصور]]

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156.212.34.153: Added infobox with key details, including location, name origin, and administrative divisions