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Babylon Governorate

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Also known as Babil Governorate, Babylon Province

governorate in Iraq

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Babylon Governorate is a region in Iraq located south of Baghdad that includes the ancient city of Karbala, an important religious site for Shia Muslims. It matters historically and culturally as a center of Islamic pilgrimage and learning, and economically as part of Iraq's broader administrative and geographic landscape.

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Country
Iraq
Located in
Iraq
Capital
Hillah
Population
2000000
Area
5800
Time zone
UTC+03:00
Shares border with
Diyala Governorate
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Replicas of the Ishtar Gate in Babylone Governorate 2016 1.jpg
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Category:People from Babil Governorate
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Babylon Governorate
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Category:Babil Governorate
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Encyclopedic overview

Babylon Governorate or Babil Province (Arabic: محافظة بابل Muḥāfaẓa Bābil) is a governorate in central Iraq. It has an area of 5,119 square kilometres (1,976 sq mi), The population in Babil for 2023 is 1,820,700. The provincial capital is the city of Hillah, which lies opposite the ancient city of Babylon (بابل), on the Euphrates river.

History

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Babylon Governorate” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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