Dujail
Sign in to saveDujail (; alternate spelling: Ad Dujayl) is a town in Saladin Governorate, Iraq. It is about north of Baghdad. It was the site of the 1982 Dujail Massacre, in which between 142 and 148 people, including children, died. The 2008 Dujail bombing also took place there.
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Place details
- Locality
- الدجيل
- Region
- محافظة صلاح الدين
- Country
- العراق
- Population
- 26,362
- Timezone
- Asia/Baghdad
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraq
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Dujail in Iraq
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorates of Iraq
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Saladin
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Dujail
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2015
- Settlement.population_total
- 100,000
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Dujail (; alternate spelling: Ad Dujayl) is a town in Saladin Governorate, Iraq. It is about north of Baghdad. It was the site of the 1982 Dujail Massacre, in which between 142 and 148 people, including children, died. The 2008 Dujail bombing also took place there.
Dujail is mostly populated by the Al-Khazraji tribe.
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