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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: احمد منذر, CC BY-SA 2.5.
- 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”, and “Sīrwān”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center.
Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center
Electrical generator
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Baghdad Nuclear Research Facility adjacent to the Tuwaitha "Yellow Cake Factory" or Tuwaitha Nuclear Research Center contains the remains of nuclear reactors bombed by Iran in 1980, Israel in 1981, and the United States in 1991.
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. It is located in the south-east of Baghdad at the confluence of the Tigris and Diyala rivers. 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. This district has eight Neighborhood Advisory Councils and a District Advisory Council. New Baghdad is situated 9 km north of Diyala River.
Diyala River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Diyala River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ديالى (نهر)”
- 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: “دیاله”
- Persian: “رود دیاله”
- Persian: “رود سیروان”
- Persian: “زاب”
- Persian: “گاورود”
- Polish: “Dijala”
- Polish: “Nahr Dijala”
- Portuguese: “Rio Diala”
- Romanian: “Diyala”
- Romanian: “Râul Diyala”
- Russian: “Абе-Сирван”
- Russian: “Дияла”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dijala”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Diyala”
- Slovenian: “Dijala”
- South Azerbaijani: “سیروان چایی”
- Spanish: “Rio Diala”
- 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
Explore places such as Naşrānah and Muḩammad Sayyid ‘Īsá.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ibn Zuhur Hospital and Mustashfá al Tuwaythah.
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