One of the most wealthiest parts of Baghdad along with Mansour district, it is also home to a large number of companies, organizations, militias and political parties.

The district of Karrada has had multiple terrorist attacks over the years,[1][2] which occurred in part to the presence of its large Shia and Christian population and wealth.

[3] On 3 July 2016, an ISIL terrorist attack in the area killed 347 civilians on one of the last evenings marking the end of Ramadan.

It is a small district which lies at the southern tip of the peninsula, where the Tigris river makes its major turn and heads to the north-east.

The University of Baghdad campus was designed by Walter Gropius, AIA, Louis Mcmillen and Robert McMillan of The Architects Collaborative.