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    Al-Chibayish District (Arabic: قضاء الجبايش) is a district of the Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, located to the east of Nasiriyah and northwest of Basra Governorate...
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    Al-Chibayish is a town on the Euphrates River in Al-Chibayish District, Dhi Qar governorate, in southern Iraq. It is the capital of its eponymous district...
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    Al-Zubair District (Arabic: قضاء الزبير) is a district in Basra Governorate, Iraq. It seat is the city of Al-Zubair. In the 1880s some Najd tribes immigrated...
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    Kufa (redirect from Al Kufah)
    Kufa (Arabic: الْكُوفَة “al-Kūfah”), also spelled Kufah, is a city in Iraq, about 170 kilometres (110 mi) south of Baghdad, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi)...
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    Hillah (redirect from Al Ḩillah)
    Hillah (Arabic: ٱلْحِلَّة al-Ḥillah), also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, 100 km (62 mi) south of...
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    Nasiriyah (redirect from Al Nasiriya)
    administrative center of the Muntafiq sanjak ("district"). Nasir Pasha was the head of the Sunni Muslim al-Saadun clan, which was the ruling family of the...
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    Shatt Al-Arab District (Arabic: شط العرب) is a district of Basra Governorate, Iraq. Its seat is the City of Al-Harita (Arabic: الهارثة). v t e...
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    Basra (redirect from Al-Basrah)
    639, Umar established this encampment as a city with five districts, and appointed Abu Musa al-Ash'ari as its first governor. The city was built in a circular...
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    The Shatt al-Arab (Arabic: شط العرب, lit. 'River of the Arabs'; Persian: اروندرود, romanized: Arvand Rud, lit. 'Swift River') is a river about 200 kilometres...
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    unemployment rate of 17% and a poverty rate of 37%. Al-Chibayish Al-Rifa'i Shatrah Nasiriyah Suq Al-Shuykh Al-Dawaya Al-Habboubi Square Ayad Radhi Cradle of civilization...
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    Najaf (redirect from Al-Najaf)
    buried in the city. Al-Ghari or al-Ghariyyan, Hadd al-'Adhra', al-Hiwar, al-Judi, Wadi l-Salam, al-Zahr, Zahr al-Kufa (behind Kufa), al-Rabwa, Baniqiya,...
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    Al-Hindiya is located in the Karbala Governorate and is the seat of Al-Hindiya District. The city used to be known as Tuwairij (Arabic: طويريج), which gives...
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    Al-Chibayish District (Al-Chibayish) Al-Rifa'i District (Al-Rifa'i) Al-Shatra District (Al-Shatra) Nassriya District (Nassriya) Suq Al-Shoyokh District (Suq...
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    district seat is the town of Sinjar. The district has two subdistricts, al-Shemal and al-Qayrawan. The district is one of two major population centers for...
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    Hatra (redirect from Al Hadher)
    century. Its ruins were discovered in the 19th century. Hatra is known as al-Ḥaḍr (الحضر) in Arabic. It is recorded as 𐣧𐣨𐣣𐣠 (ḥṭrʾ, vocalized as: Ḥaṭrāʾ)...
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    Tikrit (category District capitals of Iraq)
    which is called "ِAl-Awja", the Myth that Saddam was born in Tikrit may have originated from the fact that Saddam bore the surname al-Tikriti. The inhabitants...
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    Amarah (redirect from Al-Amarah)
    Amarah (Arabic: ٱلْعَمَارَة, romanized: al-ʿAmārah), also spelled Amara, is a city in south-eastern Iraq, located on a low ridge next to the Tigris River...
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    Al-Fāw (Arabic: ٱلْفَاو; sometimes transliterated as Fao) is a port town on Al-Faw Peninsula in Iraq near the Shatt al-Arab and the Persian Gulf. The Al...
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    Samarra (category District capitals of Iraq)
    Baghdad. The modern city of Samarra was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim as a new administrative capital and military base. In 2003 the city...
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  • As-Samawah District (also Al-Samawa) (Arabic: قضاء السماوة) is a district of the Al Muthanna Governorate, Iraq. It has an area of 475.8 square kilometres...
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  • Al-Manathera District is a district of the Najaf Governorate, Iraq. v t e...
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    Tel Afar District (Arabic: قضاء تلعفر; Turkish: Telafer) is a district in Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Its administrative center is the city of Tal Afar...
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  • Hīt (Arabic: قضاء هيت) is a district in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. It is centred on the city of Hīt, this district has between 75,000 and 90,000 inhabitants...
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  • Al-Suwaira (Arabic: الصويرة) is a city in Al-Suwaira District, Wasit Governorate, Iraq. It is located on the west bank of the Tigris, 35 km south of Baghdad...
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  • 58561 Al-Mada'in District is a district of the Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. It includes the city of Salman Pak, which incorporates the ancient ruins of Al-Mada'in...
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    Kut (redirect from Al Kut)
    Kūt (Arabic: ٱلْكُوت, romanized: al-Kūt), officially Al-Kut, also spelled Kutulamare or Kut al-Imara, is a city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the...
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    46188°N 43.80792°E / 34.46188; 43.80792 Al-Daur District (Arabic: قضاء الدور; also spelled Ad-Dawr) is a district of Saladin Governorate, Iraq. v t e...
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    Karbala (redirect from Al Karbala)
    that included Nainawa, Al-Ghadiriyya, Karbella (or Karb Illu), Al-Nawaweess, and Al-Heer. This last name is today known as Al-Hair and is where Husayn...
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    (or Amadiya) District (Kurdish: قەزای ئامێدی, romanized: Qezaye Amêdî, Arabic: قضاء العمادية, romanized: qaḍāʾ al-Emadiyah) is a district of Duhok Governorate...
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  • Al-Suwaira District (Arabic: قضاء الصويرة, romanized: Kaza Al-Suwaira) is part of the Wasit Governorate in eastern Iraq and is about 35 km south-east...
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