Where was The Hurt Locker filmed?
2008 film directed by Kathryn Bigelow
The Hurt Locker (2008) was filmed in Amman and Camp Arifjan, 2 places named in its Wikipedia article's Filming section, in Jordan. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as British Columbia. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.
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Places per Wikipedia's Filming section
Wikipedia’s Filming section names 2 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.
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🏙 Towns & cities
Amman
🇯🇴 Jordan
capital of Jordan
“Boal's contacts in the Central Intelligence Agency suggested Jordan because its capital city of Amman strongly resembled Baghdad and because the Jordanian royal family was very supportive of Western film productions.” Wikipedia
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🏛 Landmarks & buildings
Camp Arifjan
United States military base in Kuwait
“The production also initially had permission from the United States Department of Defense's film liaison unit to film at a real United States Army logistics base in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.” Wikipedia
Recorded only at country level
Wikidata also records this film as shot in British Columbia, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.
Filming locations that are mapped there: Canada
Also shot in these places
Frequently asked questions
How many filming locations does The Hurt Locker have?
No place recorded on Wikidata, but 2 places named in its Wikipedia article, labelled per Wikipedia.
Which other productions were filmed at the same places?
AlRawabi School for Girls (2021–) and Jinn (2019–), each listed on this page.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, plus places named in the production's own Wikipedia article, which are labelled per Wikipedia. Nothing is scraped from listicles and nothing is generated.