Hawija
Hawija (, Al-Ḥawīja, Kurdish: حەویجە ) also called Hawija Al-Ubaid is the central town of Hawija District in the Kirkuk Province of Iraq, west of Kirkuk, and north of Baghdad. The town has a population of about 480,000 inhabitants.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Hawija
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraq
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Hawija's location in Iraq
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Kirkuk Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Hawija District
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2023
- Settlement.population_total
- ± 480000
- Settlement.timezone
- AST
Article
4 sectionsContents
- History
- Iraq War, 2003–2011
- After U.S. withdrawal
- References
Hawija (, Al-Ḥawīja, Kurdish: حەویجە ) also called Hawija Al-Ubaid is the central town of Hawija District in the Kirkuk Province of Iraq, west of Kirkuk, and north of Baghdad. The town has a population of about 480,000 inhabitants.
Hawija District has approximately 520,000 inhabitants, mostly populated by Sunni Arabs.