Iskandariya
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Place details
- Locality
- الإسكندرية
- Region
- محافظة بابل
- Country
- العراق
- Population
- 100,600
- Timezone
- Asia/Baghdad
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Iskandariya
- Settlement.native_name
- الإسكندرية
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.other_name
- Alexandria of Iraq
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Iskandariyah thermal power plant, Iraq.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Iskandariyah thermal power plant, 2008
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Iraq
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Iskandariya's location inside Iraq
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Iraq
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Iraq
- Located in
- Babylon Governorate
- Image
- Iskandariyah thermal power plant, Iraq.jpg
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- P12749
- San Cipirello
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Article
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Saddam Hussein's nuclear programme
- During the 2003 invasion of Iraq
- See also
- External links
- Notes
- References
Al-Iskandariya or Alexandria () is an ancient city in central Iraq, one of a number of towns in the Near East founded by and named after Alexander the Great (Al-Iskandar in Arabic). It is a majority Shia Arab district including Musayyib and Jurf Al Sakhr. The district capital is located about 70 kilometres (45 mi) south of Baghdad, near the Euphrates River.
==History== In ancient times Alexandria stood halfway between Babylon (the place of Alexander's death) and Seleucia on the Tigris (the capital of the Seleucid Empire, very near to modern Baghdad).