Baiji

city in northern Iraq

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Vinony files it under Cities in Iraq, District capitals of Iraq and Populated places in Saladin Governorate.

Its subject is documented across 27 Wikipedia language editions.

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Place details

Locality: بيجي
Region: محافظة صلاح الدين
Country: العراق
Population: 173,677
Timezone: Asia/Baghdad

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Key facts

Country: Iraq
Governorate: Salah ad Din
Total: 173,677
Time zone: UTC+03:00 ( AST )

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Wikidata facts

Population: 60000
Elevation: 125
Image: Bayji Fertiliser Plant.jpg

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Encyclopedic overview

Baiji (Arabic: بَيْجِي, romanized: Bayjī; also spelled Bayji) is a city of about 173,677 inhabitants in Salah ad Din governorate in northern Iraq. It is located some 130 miles (209 km) north of Baghdad, on the main road to Mosul. It is a major industrial centre best known for its oil refinery, the biggest in Iraq, and has a large power plant. With regard to transport in the area, Baiji is a junction of the national railway network.

History

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