Diyala River
The Diyala is a river and tributary of the Tigris. It is formed by the confluence of the Sirwan and Tanjaro rivers in Darbandikhan Dam in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate of Northern Iraq. It covers a total distance of 445 km.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Iraq and Iran
- Also known as: “Āb Sīrawān”, “Āb-e Sīrvān”, “Ab-i-Sirwan”, “Āw-i Sīrwān”, “Dialas”, “Diyāla River”, “Diyāla Rūd”, “Nahr Diyala”, “Nahr Diyālá”, “Rūd Dīālā”, “Rūd Diyālah”, “Shīrvān”, “Sīrvān”, “Sīrwān”, “Абе-Сирван”, “ديالى (نهر)”, “دیاله”, “زاب”, and “گاورود”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center.
Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center
Electrical generator
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Al-Za’franiya and New Baghdad.
Al-Za’franiya
Suburb
Al-Za'franiya district is a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Za’franiya is situated 4 km northwest of Diyala River.
New Baghdad
Quarter
New Baghdad or Baghdad al-Jidida is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad, Iraq. New Baghdad is situated 9 km north of Diyala River.
Diyala River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Iraq, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.22063° or 33° 13′ 14″ north
Longitude
44.50607° or 44° 30′ 22″ east
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Open location code
8H566GC4+7C
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Diyala River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر ديالى”
- Armenian: “Դիալա”
- Armenian: “Դիյալա (գետ)”
- Asturian: “Ríu Diyala”
- Basque: “Diyala”
- Belarusian: “Дыяла”
- Bulgarian: “Дияла”
- Catalan: “Diyala”
- Cebuano: “Rūdkhāneh-ye Sīrvān”
- Central Kurdish: “ڕووباری دیالە”
- Chinese: “迪亚拉河”
- Chinese: “迪亞拉河”
- Chuvash: “Дияла”
- Croatian: “Dijala”
- Czech: “Dijála”
- Dutch: “Diyala”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ديالى”
- Esperanto: “Dijala”
- Finnish: “Dijala”
- French: “Diyala”
- German: “Diyala”
- Hebrew: “נהר דיאלא”
- Indonesian: “Sungai Diyala”
- Irish: “Abhainn Diyala”
- Italian: “Diyala”
- Japanese: “ディヤーラー川”
- Kurdish: “Sîrwan”
- Lithuanian: “Dijala”
- Malayalam: “ഡിയാല നദി”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Diyala”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Diyala”
- Norwegian: “Diyala”
- Persian: “رود دیاله”
- Persian: “رود سیروان”
- Polish: “Dijala”
- Polish: “Nahr Dijala”
- Portuguese: “Rio Diala”
- Romanian: “Diyala”
- Romanian: “Râul Diyala”
- Russian: “Дияла”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dijala”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Diyala”
- Slovenian: “Dijala”
- South Azerbaijani: “سیروان چایی”
- Spanish: “Río Diala”
- Swedish: “Diyala”
- Thai: “แม่น้ำดิยาลา”
- Turkish: “Diyala Nehri”
- Ukrainian: “Діяла”
- Urdu: “دیالہ دریا”
- Venetian: “Fiume Diala”
- Welsh: “Afon Diyala”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Naşrānah and Muḩammad Sayyid ‘Īsá.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Ibn Zuhur Hospital and Mustashfá al Tuwaythah.
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